Usually means: Pointer to another file, directory.
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  1. symlink: Wordnik
  2. symlink: Wiktionary
  3. symlink: Dictionary.com
  4. Symlink: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. symlink: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. symlink: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
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Definitions from Wiktionary (symlink)

▸ noun:  (computing) A symbolic link.
▸ verb:  (computing, transitive) To make accessible by means of a symbolic link.

Similar:
soft link, symbolic link, softlink, hard link, firm link, junction, junction point, link time, linkage, link editor, more...

Opposite:
hard link, physical link, directory entry

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Similar:
soft link, symbolic link, softlink, hard link, firm link, junction, junction point, link time, linkage, link editor, more...

Opposite:
hard link, physical link, directory entry



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