hotlink

[hot-lingk]

noun

Computers.

1. a link between two files, as between a spreadsheet and a document, such that a change in one effects a change in the other.

2. a hypertext link; hyperlink.

Word History and Origins

Origin of hotlink¹

1990–95

Example Sentences

Add a hotlink to each warm bun, dress with the chow-chow and serve.

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The update to Photobucket’s ToS, however, means users are forced to upgrade to the most premium tier if they wish to hotlink.

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“Dear Huffington Post, please don’t hotlink images without permission,” Inman wrote.

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At the time, there was no easy way to upload a picture and hotlink it, as you do with Imgur or Twitpic or a hundred other sites today, and there was no blogging service that made it easy to share pictures.

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Finally, readers old enough to remember bands like the Clash—folks under 40 should know that they did not get heavy contemporaneous airplay—may wonder why I didn’t hotlink the final four words in the previous paragraph.

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