title: What does "href" stand for?
body: <p>After writing html for couple of years I realized that I don't really know why the <code>href</code> attribute is named <em>"href"</em> . </p>
  
  <p>The <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/links.html#adef-href" rel="noreferrer">HTML Recomendation</a> does not shed light on the subject by saying : </p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>This attribute specifies the location of a Web resource, thus defining a link between the current element (the source anchor) and the destination anchor defined by this attribute.</p>
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  <p>Also the <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/sgml/dtd.html#inline" rel="noreferrer">HTML 4.01 DTD</a> does not provide a lot of clue . </p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>href        %URI;          #IMPLIED  -- URI for linked resource --</p>
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  <p>I could make an educated guess for the meaning , but i was hoping for something canonical .</p>