I Was wondering why is <link /> tag in HTML is called link. Why not call it something like <include /> as it includes things such as stylesheets? What does the word link actually signify? Why was link used?
Per the HTML Living Standard:
The
linkelement allows authors to link their document to other resources.
It's used to link to other resources. It's used to describe and specify a relationship between the document and another resource which may be a stylesheet, it's not necessarily importing a resource. The name include would entail that you're including a script or stylesheet, but that's not what link necessarily does.