jumpstation
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From jump + station, from the name of an early search engine, JumpStation.
Noun
[edit]jumpstation (plural jumpstations)
- (Internet) A web site that acts as a portal, offering links to many other sites on a particular topic.
- 1997, Gary Gach, Writers.net: Every Writer's Essential Guide to Online Resources and Opportunities:
- Future Fantasy offers a searchable online book catalog and notifies readers of current events at the store and in the field in general. It also provides a jumpstation of hyperlinks to other stores, publishers, online magazines, original fiction, […]
- 2001, Richard Templar, Finding Facts:
- If you right-click on a website listed on a jumpstation, you will be given various options including 'open in new window'.