Short for hypertext reference, HREF is an HTML attribute used to link to another web page or a different portion of the same page. Following example shows the use of the tag (anchor) and the href attribute to create a link to ComputerHope.com. Try clicking the result to see what it does.

Example of using an HREF

Example

Computer Hope

Result

Computer Hope

How to pronounce HREF

HREF is pronounced as h-ref (aitch-ref).

, Anchor, Computer abbreviations, Link, Web design terms

Because of the vowel sound when pronouncing HREF, you would use “an” instead of “a” in front of the abbreviation in your writing.

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