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I understand what the "href" attribute in the anchor tag (<a />) is for, but what does the "h" stand for?

+7  A: 

href stands for Hypertext REFerence.

BoltClock
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Maybe "HTML" or "HTTP"?

Frank
lolwut? No but seriously 'stands for' is basically indicative of it being an abbreviation so supplying more abbreviations just doesn't work....
Glenn Nelson
+10  A: 

Hypertext REFerence

Mark
+21  A: 

HREF stands for "Hypertext Reference".

Source: http://www.w3.org/Provider/ServerWriter.html

Serplat
That tutorial was written by Tim Berners-Lee himself. At least it has his name at the bottom. It probably doesn't get more authoritative than this.
Jörg W Mittag
+1  A: 

The official name is supposedly (H)ypertext (REF)erence, but I always liked to think of it as Hyperlink Reference.

Glenn Nelson
+2  A: 

the h stands for hypertext- in mathematics, hyper means greater than 4 dimensions. Got to love the superlative!