Creating Links Using the <a> Element

<a href="menu.html">See our menu</a>

The browser shows the words "See our menu" in blue, underlined text. When the reader moves the mouse over them, the pointer changes to a hand. When the reader clicks, the browser leaves the current page and loads the page called menu.html. A piece of content that takes the reader somewhere else when activated is a hyperlink, or simply a link, and the <a> element is how HTML makes one.

The letter "a" stands for anchor