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74 // Linking

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Using Hypertext and Hyperlinks in the Web

In Unix you have what's called the Simlink or symbolic link there's also hard links but we don't necessarily need to get into those. On Windows you have something that are called shortcuts which I think a lot of people are familiar with just because there's a little kind of icon that indicates this isn't the original item. You can have a transparent pointer this would be like a similar in alias where the second object is a different type it has a little arrow thing and when you for example double click on it it opens the underlying pointed to object. Some people call that a link some people would say the actual underlined hyperlink thing where you click it's a link right these are all

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