linkrot

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linkrot (ˈlɪnkˌrɒt) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
computing the condition of a website link not being updated, with the result that the host website is no longer hyperlinked to the desired website

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linkrot definition


  1. n.
    the gradual fading away of URL links in a web page. (The URLs are replaced by newer addresses or simply are deleted.) : After a month or two, linkrot sets in and your links become deadends, one by one.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Linkrot is always a great word to know.
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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