To link an image you use the <img> tags. In this the user has to define the image source and its attributes through the src tag. For hyper texting or for linking the different parts of the website, using <a> which is also called as the anchor tag. The link is usually specified in the href attribute. Href attribute is also called as hypertext reference and is used to refer the formed link back to the original source. The text to be linked should be placed in between the anchor tags. For example: <a> text linked <a>.