.plan
displayed
returned by the UNIX finger
command), was a hypertext
page where you told the rest of the world about yourself.These days, it seems like the word ``home page'' has taken on the meaning of hyplan as well. I suspect it has something to do with the commonality of hotlists (bookmarks) of modern browsers; the only purpose to keep a list of links is to show them to the world, and it makes sense to introduce yourself first so they understand why you like those pages... right?