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(1) In communications, a line, channel or circuit over which data are transmitted.

(2) An address that points to a Web page or other file (image, video, PDF, etc.) on a Web server. Links reside on Web pages, in e-mail messages and word processing documents as well as any other document type that supports hypertext and URL addressing. See URL and hypertext.

(3) In data management, a pointer embedded within a record that refers to data or the location of data in another record.

(4) In programming, a call to another program or subroutine.

1.(file system)link - hard link or symbolic link.
2.(hypertext)link - hyperlink.
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"), "will complete and link together the notions, as yet disjointed, which the world entertains of African cartology"
Five Weeks in a Balloon by Verne, Jules View in context
It hangs from the ship's side at the end of a heavy, projecting timber called the cat-head, in the bight of a short, thick chain whose end link is suddenly released by a blow from a top-maul or the pull of a lever when the order is given.
The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context
It is the very strong link that attaches the individual to the whole.
Moon and Sixpence by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
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