link

See Hyperlink.

An icon that provides direct access from one Notes document, view, or application (the source object) to any other document, view, or application (the target object). Notes opens the target object without closing the source object that was branched from.

A coverage feature class; links are two-point segments that represent from- and to-locations for the rubber sheeting adjustment process.

Used as a noun, a name in a "directory", representing a "file". A given file can have multiple links to it. It's like having the same phone number listed in the phone directory under different names. As a verb, to resolve a partially compiled file's unresolved symbols into a (nearly) executable image. Linking can generally be static or dynamic, which has nothing to do with static or dynamic scoping.

A citation from one web document to another web document or another position in the same document.

Most major search engines consider links as a vote of trust.

1. The communications facilities between adjacent nodes of a network. Synonym [loosely] telecommunications link. 2. A portion of a circuit connected in tandem with, i.e., in series with, other portions. 3. A radio path between two points, called a radio link. 4. In communications, a general term used to indicate the existence of communications facilities between two points. [JP 1-02] 5. A conceptual circuit, i.e., logical circuit, between two users of a network, that enables the users to communicate, even when different physical paths are used. Note 1: In all cases, the type of link, such as data link, downlink, duplex link, fiber optic link, line-of-sight link, point-to-point link, radio link and satellite link, should be identified. Note 2: A link may be simplex, half-duplex, or duplex. 6. In a computer program, a part, such as a single instruction or address, that passes control and parameters between separate portions of the program. 7. In hypertext, a logical connection between discrete units of data, or a hypertext connection between Web pages. Synonyms (in this sense) hotlink, hyperlink.