<P> In computing, a hyperlink, or simply a link, is a reference to data that the reader can directly follow either by clicking, tapping, or hovering . A hyperlink points to a whole document or to a specific element within a document . Hypertext is text with hyperlinks . The text that is linked from is called anchor text . A software system that is used for viewing and creating hypertext is a hypertext system, and to create a hyperlink is to hyperlink (or simply to link). A user following hyperlinks is said to navigate or browse the hypertext . </P> <P> The document containing a hyperlink is known as its source document . For example, in an online reference work such as Wikipedia, many words and terms in the text are hyperlinked to definitions of those terms . Hyperlinks are often used to implement reference mechanisms such as tables of contents, footnotes, bibliographies, indexes, letters and glossaries . </P>

Specific a word of the webpage which on clicking opens another document is called