backlink

noun

Etymology

From back + link.

  1. inherited from *kleng-
  2. inherited from *hlankaz — “bendsome, flexible
  3. inherited from *hlankiz
  4. derived from *hlenkr
  5. inherited from hlenċe
  6. inherited from linke
  7. compounded as backlink — “back + link

Definitions

  1. A hyperlink to a webpage from an external website.

  2. A reference to an object on another server, allowing it to be updated periodically.

    • As mentioned, the major downside to using backlinks is that they are tied to a specific NetWare server and not tied to the external reference objects location in the NDS tree.
  3. A link to another page that links to the current one, often in an automatically assembled…

    A link to another page that links to the current one, often in an automatically assembled list of links to all other such pages, allowing for bidirectional navigation.

  4. + 1 more definition
    1. To link in this fashion.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for backlink. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA