In plain English
It divides longer content into distinct pages so someone can move through it one page at a time. The navigation comes from going from page to page, rather than treating it as one continuous body.
In context
Here, "pagination" names the means of moving through a long result list by going between its separate pages.
- Situation
- Using dashboards, tables, filters, sorting, views, and bulk controls
- What it communicates
- names the multi-page navigation for a long result list
Meaning limits
The term alone does not establish how many separate pages exist or how page changes are shown.
Examples
“The archive uses pagination, and readers go through the entries one page at a time instead of scrolling through a single long list.”
“She used the pagination to move from the first page of search results to the next.”