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• In the context of visitors to web pages, a hit (or site hit) is a single access request made to the server for either a text file or a graphic. If, for example, a web page contains ten buttons constructed from separate images, a single visit from someone using a web browser with graphics switched on (a "page view") will involve eleven hits on the server. (Often the accesses will not get as far as your server because the page will have been cached by a local internet service provider).

  In the context of a search engine query, a hit is a measure of the number of web pages matching a query returned by a search engine or directory.

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  American Psychological Association (APA)

  HIT. (n.d.). Search Engine Terms. Retrieved March 25, 2023, from website: http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/hit.

  Chicago Manual of Style (CMS)

  HIT. www.cadenza.org. Search Engine Terms. I-Search Digest. http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/hit (accessed: March 25, 2023).

  Modern Language Association (MLA)

  "HIT." Search Engine Terms. I-Search Digest. 25 March. 2023 http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/hit.

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