### connection | linkage | link:

Hyperlink
* Create all hyperlinks as relative links rather than absolute links.
* Describes how to link different HTML documents.
* Learn about the links that connect the Internet.
* Some hyperlinks are graphics or icons.
* allow computer users to skip from one Web page to another with a single mouse click.
* allow for an online comparison of documents
  - one page to link to other pages anywhere else on the web
  - networks of data and information to be created and traversed
  - rapid comparison of species and developmental stages
  - viewers to connect from one page to another or to different parts of one page
* are a functional part of moving around the Web
  - key part of the reason why the web has grown exponentially
  - method of transport
  - clickable connections from one page to another page
  - conections from one document to another
* are connections between two Web documents
  - to other web pages or to bookmarks of places within the same web page
* are electronic connections between one Web site and another
  - to sites within a web site or elsewhere on the Internet
  - highlighted text and image components that, when selected, display other web pages
  - important They are the way to travel the web
* are links from one document or document element to another
  - page to another, or from one image to another
  - imbedded in the web page that point to other documents on the web
  - often words that appear in blue with an underline
  - short cuts to other Web pages, or to other places on the same page
  - similar to branches on a tree
  - terms, icons, or images in documents that point to other, related docu ments
  - text that is underlined in blue
* are the defining characteristic of the Internet
  - functional core of the world wide web
  - heart of web pages
  - pieces of text that are highlighted and underlined in blue
* are the primary way to navigate between pages and sites
  - between webpages and websites
  - ties that bind
* are what make the Web what it is today, and is easy to do
  - web different from other media
  - up the strands of the web
  - words within an article printed in blue and underlined
* can also be an image with a frame around it or an image that looks like a button
  - sounds, images, and even movies
* can be text or graphics that represent a link to another resource
  - words or pictures
  - words, symbols, or pictures
  - take the form of text or graphics
* lead to information on the web
  - photographs, scanned documents or more information
* make a profound difference in how people gather information.
* map a particular pattern of associations.
* provide simple, standardized, broadly-usable connections between people and data
  - the means to navigate quickly and easily among computer files
* take the form of text or images on the web.
* tie information on the Web together, making it easy to jump between connected Web pages.
* usually show in web browsers as text in a different color, or underlined.
* work for every object within a group
  - together with bookmarks to create connections on a page

Reciprocal link
* are agreements between site owners to display each other's hypertext links
  - links that are exchanged between sites
* are the lifeblood of traffic on the Internet
  - word of mouth advertising of the internet
  - when two, or more, sites agree to publish referral links to each other

Semantic link
* describe the relationship or association between words or concepts.
* represent associations among words.

Phone line
* Most phone lines use tone dialing.
* are analog, they transmit data as a series of peaks and valleys
  - sensitive to power surges as well as electrical lines
* carry a small electrical charge.
* send electrical versions of sound waves.
* vary in different areas and noise on the line can affect speeds
  - quality depending on factors such as age and electrical interference