in html, what is it called when you link to a different part of the page using #?

[cool_clearwater]

Yes bookmarking

hyperlinks can only point to a page

bookmarks can point to different parts of a page

 

[sammyboywonder]

for example like they have in FAQs.
is it called bookmarking?
in html, what is it called when you link to a different part of the page using #

 

[Chris G]

It's called an anchor, not a bookmark. Thus the <a> tag / element.

 

[Magic Matt]

The technical name is anchoring. the "<a ...>" tag stands for anchor. An anchor can link to another page or the same page. The actual "anchor" is the spot that you would jump to, and the clickable part is just the link to that anchor.