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Hypertext Terminology

Below is listed some common terms you will need to become familiar with:

Page
- Refers to a single HTML file. Sometimes referred to as a document
Home page
- Refers to a designated entry point for access to a local web
Hot spot
- A region of displayed hypertext that, when selected, links the user to another location
web
- A set of hypertext pages considered to be a single work
Web or WWW
- the union of all hypertext on all Web servers worldwide


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