What does "javascript:void(0)" mean?

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Published on 2009-08-18T05:20:13Z Indexed on 2010/03/29 22:43 UTC
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<a href="javascript:void(0)" id="loginlink">login</a>

I've seen such hrefs many times, but I don't know what exactly that means.

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