permanent link


permanent link

(World-Wide Web)A URL that always points to the same pieceof web content. Web pages that appear for a limited timeat their main URL, such as web logs or news sites, oftendisplay an alternative, permanent link. Readers can quote,bookmark, or link to this URL in order to refer to aparticular item, rather than the page displaying the latestitem.

For example, the URL http://news.bbc.co.uk/ points to thelatest news from the BBC whereashttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/2614839.stm is a permanent link to aparticular news story.

permanent link

(1) A hyperlink that remains valid for a long time.

(2) An unchanging link that points to an article that may move to different locations on a website over time. See permalink.