Blogging & Social Networking Glossary: H

hosted services: Manages the data, software, and Web hosting of a blog; the blogger just manages the content.

HTML: The computer coding used by Web designers to create Web pages.

hyperlink: A navigation tool that allows a user to go from one Web location to another by clicking. Hyperinks (or just links) are typically underlined.

hypertext reference: In HTML, the address that a hyperlink connects to when clicked. For example, in This link goes to <a href="http://www.google.com">Google</a>, the hypertext reference (href) is http://www.google.com. Hyperlink references can also jump to new positions on the same page, open a new e-mail message, or begin a file download.