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Meaning of link

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

link

Pronunciation:/lɪŋk/

noun

Definitions

  1. Some text or a graphic in an electronic document that can be activated to display another document or trigger an action.

    Example: Click the hyperlink to go to the next page.

  2. (by extension) An address, URL, or program that defines a hyperlink's function.

    Example: Copy the hyperlink and paste it into an email.

noun

Definitions

  1. A connection between places, people, events, things, or ideas.

    Example: The mayor’s assistant serves as the link to the media.

  2. One element of a chain or other connected series.

    Example: The third link of the silver chain needs to be resoldered.

  3. The connection between buses or systems.

    Example: A by-N-link is composed of N lanes.

  4. A space comprising one or more disjoint knots.

verb

Definitions

  1. To connect two or more things.

  2. (of a Web page) To contain a hyperlink to another page.

    Example: My homepage links to my wife's.

  3. To supply (somebody) with a hyperlink; to direct by means of a link.

    Example: Haven't you seen his Web site? I'll link you to it.

  4. To post a hyperlink to.

    Example: Stop linking those unfunny comics all the time!