link
/lɪŋk/ · link
noun
- Some text or a graphic in an electronic document that can be activated to display another document or trigger an action. Click the hyperlink to go to the next page.
- An address, URL, or program that defines a hyperlink's function. Copy the hyperlink and paste it into an email.
- A connection between places, people, events, things, or ideas. The mayor’s assistant serves as the link to the media.
- One element of a chain or other connected series. The third link of the silver chain needs to be resoldered.
- The connection between buses or systems. A by-N-link is composed of N lanes.
verb
- To connect two or more things. The engineer linked the two pipes together.
- Of a Web page, to contain a hyperlink to another page. My homepage links to my wife's.
- To supply (somebody) with a hyperlink; to direct by means of a link. Haven't you seen his Web site? I'll link you to it.
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Did you know? The term 'link' has become ubiquitous in the digital age, with billions of hyperlinks connecting people and information across the globe.