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datalink

noun

Etymology

From data + 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 datalink — “data + link”

Definitions

  1. The protocol layer that transfers data between adjacent network nodes in a wide area…

    The protocol layer that transfers data between adjacent network nodes in a wide area network or between nodes on the same local area network segment.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

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