The History object allows you to navigate through the history of Websites that a browser has displayed.
The browser stores a history of visited URLs in a list, which the History object references.
Properties and Methods of the History Object
| Property | Description |
| back() | Loads the URL for the previous visited Web site |
| current | Refers to the current URL in the history list |
| forward() | Loads the next URL in the history list |
| go() | Loads a URL from the history list |
| length | Returns the number of entries in the history list |
| next | Refers to the next URL in the history list |
| previous | Refers to the previous URL in the history list |
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