An area on the display screen such as a word, phrase, or picture that is displayed in a different color, background, typeface or font which emphasizes its presence relative to the surrounding text or graphics. Hyperlinks on web pages are often highlighted by the use of underlining or coloring. Vicky was browsing this on-line glossary and realized the hyperlinks to related topics on the Internet were highlighted, making them "stand-off" from the normal text.