HTML link ... # vs /

Question

What is the difference between # and / when linking to a page on your website?

On the address bar, sometimes you'll see ...com#page, or ...com/page

while I was typing this, it was / (sololearn.com/Discuss/New/

Answer 1

# is used for directing the user to element with id i.e

fish.com#about
-> you will be directed at an element in the main page with id 'about' for example : <section id="about"></section>. So you have a view on your browser point to section with about id

fish.com/about
-> you will be directed to about page and it doesn't point to any id