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href   target   name

The <a> tag either specifies a location within an HTML document to be linked to or links to another HTML document or any other URL.

<a href="">

   Description
   Either the href attribute or the name attribute must be present in an <a> tag. The href tag references a URL and when used, links whatever is in the <a> tag to the specified URL.
Code
   <a href="http://www.abiglime.com/webmaster/">The Complete Webmaster</a>
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<a target="">

   Description
   The target attribute is optional, but when used should be used with the href attribute and not the name attribute. The target attribute is used to specify a window name or frame in which the specified URL should open into.
Code
   <a target="TARGET" href="URL">YOUR TEXT HERE</a>

<a name="">

   Description
   Either the name attribute or the href attribute must be used in the <a> tag. The name attribute is used in the <a> to specify a specific spot within an HTML document that may be referenced by another <a> tag.
Code
   <a name="NAME">YOUR TEXT HERE</a>
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