jumpstation

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noun

A web site that acts as a portal, offering links to many other sites on a particular topic.

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Meanings

nounjumpstation (plural jumpstations)

plural jumpstations

  1. InternetA web site that acts as a portal, offering links to many other sites on a particular topic.

    If you right-click on a website listed on a jumpstation, you will be given various options including 'open in new window'.

    2001, Richard Templar, Finding Facts
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    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, […]

    1997, Gary Gach, Writers.net: Every Writer's Essential Guide to Online Resources and Opportunities

Origin

From jump + station, from the name of an early search engine, JumpStation.

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APA

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“jumpstation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jumpstation. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “jumpstation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jumpstation.

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