Link Explained

Link can refer to:

Reciprocal link, two way links to and from websites, also known as "link swaps", "link exchanges" and "link partners"
Hyperlink, a reference in a hypertext document to another document or other resource
Hard link, a reference or pointer to physical data on a storage volume
LINK+, an online library catalog
Static link, used in programming languages like Pascal to support nested functions, allowing a nested function to access the local variables of its parent
Symbolic link, a special type of file that serves as a reference to another file
Data link, downlink, point-to-point link, satellite link, electronic communications links
Linked list, a basic data structure
Linker, a program that takes one or more objects generated by compilers and assembles them into a single executable program
Links (web browser), a web browser for Unix-like systems
, a URI scheme for magnet links for downloading resources via peer-to-peer networks
<nowiki><link /></nowiki>, a HTML element that is used to link web pages with other resources such as CSS style sheets
Telecommunications link

Hong Kong Link, a holding company for toll tunnels and bridges wholly owned by the Government of Hong Kong
Liberty in North Korea (LiNK), a human rights advocacy group
LINK or Project LINK, a United Nations project to build global macroeconomic models
The Link, a short-lived British organization founded in 1937 "to promote Anglo-German friendship"
The Link REIT, a real estate investment trust established by the Hong Kong Housing Authority to privatize shopping malls and carparks
Links, the Student wing of St. John Ambulance in the UK, See: Links Units
The Links, Incorporated, an African-American female professional service organization
LINK, an ATM network in the United Kingdom
LINKS, a collection of student run St. John Ambulance units.

Link (knot theory), a union of separated mathematical knots, possibly tangled together
Link (geometry), a graph derived from edges and corners incident to a vertex

Link (The Legend of Zelda), the protagonist in the Legend of Zelda game series.
Link (chain), a single segment of a chain
Links (golf), a type of golf course
Link (unit), a British and U.S. unit of length equal to one hundredth of a chain
Links (computer game), photorealistic Golf Computer-Simulation by Access Software
Link (rapper), an American rapper
Links 2 3 4, a 2001 single by Rammstein
Link (film), a 1986 horror movie featuring an orangutan of that name
Link (album), a 1996 Goa trance album by Mathuresh
Link, a 29th single by the Japanese band L'Arc~en~Ciel
Link Light Rail, a light rail project in Seattle and Tacoma
Linking col or link, a topographical feature used in determining topographic prominence
Link, Somerset, a settlement in southwest England
Link River, a short river in Klamath Falls, Oregon, connecting Upper Klamath Lake to Lake Ewauna
Link (sausage), a single, whole sausage, originally part of a chain of two or more sausages.
Cursive writing
The mascot for Lincoln High School (Nebraska)
Missing link
LINK Train, a people-mover train in the Toronto Pearson International Airport in Canada
The Link Trainer, an early type of flight simulator
Linking Book, a form of travel in the Myst series of games.
Goethe Link Observatory, an astronomical observatory near Brooklyn, Indiana
Link, the ice age man in the 1992 American Comedy film, Encino Man