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anchor [n]

1)	a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving

Synonyms :

ground_tackle

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2)	a central cohesive source of support and stability; "faith is his anchor"; "the keystone of campaign reform was the ban on soft money"; "he is the linchpin of this firm"

Synonyms :

backbone keystone linchpin lynchpin mainstay

See Also:

support

3)	a television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents contribute

Synonyms :

anchorman anchorperson

See Also:

television_newscaster

anchor [v]

1)	fix firmly and stably; "anchor the lamppost in concrete"

Synonyms :

ground

See Also:

fasten

2)	secure a vessel with an anchor; "We anchored at Baltimore"

Synonyms :

cast_anchor drop_anchor

See Also:

fasten anchorage anchorage

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing: (http://www.foldoc.org/, Editor Denis Howe)

(Or "span", "region", "button", "extent") An area within the content of a hypertext node (e.g. a web page) which is the source or destination of a link. A source anchor may be a word, phrase, image, or possibly the whole node. A destination anchor may be a whole node or some position within the node.

Typically, clicking with the mouse on a source anchor causes the link to be followed and the anchor at the opposite end of the link to be displayed. Anchors are highlighted in some way (either always, or when the mouse is over them), or they may be marked by a special symbol.

In HTML anchors are created with the .. construct. The opening A tag of a source anchor has an HREF (hypertext reference) attribute giving the destination in the form of a URL - usually a whole node or "page". E.g.

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Destination anchors are only used in HTML to name a position within a page using a NAME attribute. E.g.

The name or "fragment identifier" is appended to the URL of the page with a "#":

http://www.fairystory.com/goldilocks.html#chapter3

(Though it is generally better to break pages into smaller units than to have large pages with named sections).

(1997-11-15)

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