Hyperlinks and other tools can be used to get around the internet because it can connect you to other websites that may relate to the webpage you are currently on. You can jump from one page to another by clicking specially formatted pieces. After you click the link it will turn from blue to magenta, they do that so you can know which links you have visited already and the ones you haven't. Pictures can also be used as hyperlinks, you can tell when a picture is a hyperlink when you scroll over it and the mouse pointer changes from an arrow to a pointing hand.