deep link

See also: Deeplink, Deep-Link, and Deep Link

English

Noun

Examples

deep link (plural deep links)

  1. (Internet) A type of hyperlink directly pointing to content on a website, rather than its home page.
    • 2004, Munindar P. Singh, editor, The Practical Handbook of Internet Computing, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 10:
      Therefore, it depends on the concrete circumstances whether deep links are legal or not. Noncommercial sites are probably more often allowed to deep link to other sites than commercial sites.

Antonyms

  • surface link

Translations

a type of hyperlink linking to a website page which is not the home page

Verb

deep link (third-person singular simple present deep links, present participle deep linking, simple past and past participle deep linked)

  1. To directly link to content on a website.
    • 2004, Munindar P. Singh, editor, The Practical Handbook of Internet Computing, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 10:
      Noncommercial sites are probably more often allowed to deep link to other sites than commercial sites.

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