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HTML5 allows the creation of two types of linking, which are:
                  •   Internal linking: These links connect one page of a website to another page on the same

                     site. For example, if you’re reading a blog post about healthy recipes and there's a link
                     to another post on the same website about meal planning, that’s an internal link.
                  •   External linking: These links connect a page on one website to a page on a different
                     website. For example, if the same blog post about healthy recipes includes a link to a
           Prime (Ver. 2.2)-VIII  Anchor Tag
                     well-known nutrition site for more information on dietary guidelines, that’s an external
                     link.





                  The Anchor tag is used for creating hyperlinks in HTML web pages. It is a container tag

                  and is used as <A> Hyperlink Text </A>. Hyperlink Text is a text or an image.
                  The <A> tag has the following attributes:

          62      •   HREF: This attribute stands for Hypertext Reference. It specifies the URL of the web
                     page which we want to link when creating external linking.
                  •   TARGET: This attribute is used to specify, where the linked web page will open. It can

                     take any of the following four values:
                     ♦ _blank: Opens the linked web page in a new window or tab of the web browser.
                     ♦ _parent: Opens the linked web page in a parent window or tab of the web browser.

                     ♦ _self: Opens the linked web page in the current window or tab.
                     ♦ _top: Opens the linked web page in the topmost window among all windows.
                  External web pages can be linked using the HREF
                  attribute of the anchor tag. The HREF attribute

                  takes the URL of the web page in double quotes.
                  The syntax to create a hyperlink is:

                  <A HREF = "URL of Web Page" TARGET="_

                  blank"> Link Text </A>
                  For example:


                  <A HREF = "About.html" target="_blank">
                                                                                               Output
                  About Us </A>
                  The preceding code creates a link with the text "About Us". When we click on the "About
                  Us" link, the "About.html" web page will open in a blank tab or window.
                  First page of a website, also known as  the Home page, contains various links to other web
                  pages. Let us take an example of a website of the ABC Public School on which we are using

                  external linking. The Home page of the website is as shown:
                  The Home page contains six hyperlinks: Admissions, Events, Sports, Activities, About Us

                  and Contact Us, which are created by using the <A> tag.
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