HYPERLINK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hyperlink mean? 

• HYPERLINK (noun)
  The noun HYPERLINK has 1 sense:

1. a link from a hypertext file to another location or file; typically activated by clicking on a highlighted word or icon at a particular location on the screen

  Familiarity information: HYPERLINK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HYPERLINK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A link from a hypertext file to another location or file; typically activated by clicking on a highlighted word or icon at a particular location on the screen

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("hyperlink" is a kind of...):

link ((computing) an instruction that connects one part of a program or an element on a list to another program or list)

 Context examples 

Hyperlinks in documents.

(Links List, NCI Thesaurus)