What does href stand for?

Question

for a tags in html, it has an attribute to specify the url of the link, href. What does it stand for? I know src attribute of img stand for source, so what is href?

Answer 1

HREF is a Short form of hypertext reference.

HREF is an HTML attribute that is used either to link to another web page, or a different portion of the same page.

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Answer 2

It stands for Hypertext REFerence

Answer 3

Href stands for hypertext reference
It is used adding any link to html

Answer 4

HREF means hypertext reference. And through the href item can reach at right destination.