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. 2004 Oct 5;91(8):1482–1487. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6602168

Table 1. Definitions of web-technical terms used in this study.

Item Definition
Hyperlinks Clickable content on a web page usually leads to another page, another site or another part of the same page
Hit Results that a search engine returns for a specific query
Search engine A tool for finding information on the Internet
Web page Document designed for viewing in a web browser
Web site A place on the Internet that is comprised of files (text or graphics) organised into a hierarchy
Web project A closed informational entity on the Internet