Usually means: Pointer to another file, directory.
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General (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. symbolic link: Wiktionary
  2. Symbolic Link: Dictionary.com
  3. SYmbolic LinK (SYLK), Symbolic link: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Symbolic Link, symbolic link: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. SYmbolic LinK (SYLK), symbolic link: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (symbolic link)

noun:  (computing, in operating systems derived from Unix) A file that contains a reference to another file or directory and serves as a shortcut to it.

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