a link that references a page with reference to the current web page
a link to a page or a file which is located on the same site the page containing the link is on
a path to the target file which is relative to the placement of the page that contains the link
A link that does not include the full internet address or path. Used to reference a page or file on the same website. See also 'Absolute Link'.
a link inside of an HTML document that refers to another file by the shortest possible reference. If the file is in the same directory, then only the file name is specified. If the file is one directory below, then it is specified in the form "directory/file.html". If it is one directory above, then the parent directory marker is used: "../file.html"
A mechanism for electronically connecting documents without using an absolute path name. Relative links are used to link sections within a document or to link documents that reside on the same server.
(Hypertext) link to another page on the same server that does not contain the full path (including server and such) to that page.
A relative link is a hyperlink that does not include an entire domain name, folder or subdirectory name and file name together in the URL. A link that is defined by its relative position to the current URL. For example: optimizationbasics.html
A link to a page within a website.