linker
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5.7
- noun
- /ˈlɪŋkər/
- Specialized
:
enlazador
- As I explained above, a link consists of the name of a resource and a bit of description provided by the linker.
Examples
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In programming, the linker connects library files to the main application.
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One is a description provided by the linker.
Blog text (9) -
The anchor is content provided by the linker, typically a description of the content at the URL.
Blog text (9) -
As a linker, the worker links people or organizations in a purposeful, planned manner.
Academic text (1994) -
It is content authored by the linker and is usually called "anchor text."
Blog text (9) -
Essential to the case manager role, but also a prerequisite for social network interventions, are the roles of coordinator, resource provider, linker, and community organizer (Biegel et al., 1984).
Academic text (1994) -
Middle school counselors also would play more pronounced roles as linkers of students' developmental contexts (family, school, community, and peer group) and broad promoters of a positive school climate.
Academic text (2005) -
The linker takes object files and combines them into a single executable program.
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A linker is crucial for assembling different code modules into a complete software application.
Synonyms
25
5.3
A device that connects two machine parts so they move together
5
3.6
A word that links ideas or parts of a sentence
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6.3
A person or thing that makes different parts work together as one
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4.2
A person or program that puts parts together to make a product
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4.6
A person or thing that brings separate parts and information together
A program that combines separate compiled modules into one working file
A person or thing that brings separate people and ideas together
A person who brings people from different groups together
Compounds
How Central
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Linker comes from link + -er, where link means 'to join' and -er means 'one who'. So a linker in computing or as a person is something that 'joins' separate parts into one whole, for example combining pieces of code or joining two ideas in a sentence.