What does "href" stand for in HTML?

html tags anchor terminology
dvanaria picture dvanaria · Aug 27, 2010 · Viewed 38.1k times · Source

I understand what the "href" attribute in the anchor tag (<a />) is for, but what does the "h" stand for?

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Serplat picture Serplat · Aug 27, 2010

HREF stands for "Hypertext Reference".

Source: https://www.w3.org/Provider/ServerWriter.html

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