Link Explained

Link or Links may refer to:

Places

• Link, West Virginia, an unincorporated community in the US
• Link River, Klamath Falls, Oregon, US

People with the name

• Link (singer) (Lincoln Browder, born 1964), American R&B singer
• Link (surname)
• Charles Lincoln "Link" Neal III of Rhett & Link (born 1978), American comedian and YouTuber
• Link Wray (1929–2005), American rock-and-roll guitarist

Devices

• Link, a single element of a chain
• Link-and-pin coupler

Science and technology

Computing

• Hyperlink, from one electronic document to another
• link (Unix), command-line program to link directory entries
• <nowiki><link></nowiki>, a type of HTML element
• Link, in a linked list
• Linker (computing), converts object files to executable
• Links (web browser)
• Microsoft Office Assistant Links, an animated cat
• Link layer in computer networking
• ln (Unix), command-line program to create a link to a file
• Chainlink (blockchain), a cryptocurrency

Data networks

• Link (Indonesia), an interbank network
• LINK (UK), a cash machine network
• Link+, for interlibrary loan in California and Nevada, US

Mathematics

• Simplicial link, a set of simplices "surrounding" a given vertex in a simplicial complex.
• Link (knot theory), a collection of knots entangled with one another
• Link function in statistics

Other uses in science and technology

• Link (Mars), a rock outcrop
• Link or linking col, used in determining topographic prominence
• Telecommunications link, communication channel between two or more devices

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional characters

• Link (The Legend of Zelda), in The Legend of Zelda media
• Link (The Matrix), in Matrix media
• Link, in the 1993 novel Stone Cold
• Link (Linkovitch Chomofsky), in the 1992 film Encino Man
• Link Hogthrob, in The Muppets
• Link Larkin, in the musical Hairspray

Games

• Links (series), computer-simulated golf game by Access Software
• Pokémon Link!, a 2005 puzzle game for the Nintendo DS

Music

• "Link" (L'Arc-en-Ciel song), 2005
• "Link" (Porno Graffitti song), 2007
• Links (Kerfuffle album), a 2006 album by English folk band Kerfuffle
• Links (Mark Murphy album), a 2001 album by Mark Murphy
• The Link (album), by French death metal band Gojira

Periodicals

• Link (magazine), a free publication of The Greenville News in Greenville, South Carolina, US
• Links (magazine), a US golf magazine
• The Link (newspaper), a student newspaper at Concordia University, Canada
• The Link, the newsletter of the organization Americans for Middle East Understanding

Television

• Link TV, US network
• The Link (game show), UK, 2014–2015
• The Link (TV program), US, 2011 documentary
• The Link, a TV series by aptn Kids, Canada
• , a 2022 South Korean television series

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

• Link (film), a 1986 horror movie featuring a super-intelligent, murderous orangutan
• WLNK (formerly 107.9 the Link), a radio station in Charlotte, North Carolina, US

Organizations and programs

Businesses

• Air Link, New South Wales, Australia
• Hong Kong Link, toll tunnels and bridges company
• Link REIT, Hong Kong real estate investment trust
• The Link (retailer), UK mobile phone retailer
• Link Aviation Devices, a manufacturer of aircraft simulator, now a subsidiary of L3 Technologies

Other organizations and programs

• HOL LiNK program (Literacy and Numeracy Knowledge), by Hands On Learning Australia
• Liberty in North Korea (LiNK), a refugee resettling group
• Link Campus University, Rome, Italy
• LINKS units, later student volunteering units, of St John Ambulance in England and Wales
• Local involvement networks (LINks), National Health Service England
• Project LINK, a UN project to build global macroeconomic models
• The Link (UK organization) for "Anglo-German friendship", UK, 1937
• The Links, a social and service organization of American Black women

Transportation systems

• Link bus rapid transit, a planned line in Rochester, Minnesota, US
• Link bus services, Auckland, New Zealand
• Link light rail, Seattle, Washington, US
• Terminal Link, Toronto Airport, Canada
• San Leandro LINKS, a bus service, California, US

Other uses

• Link (unit), surveying length unit
• Link, a single sausage in a string
• Links (golf), a coastal golf course
• The Link (skyscraper), France
• The Links, the mascot of Lincoln High School (Lincoln, Nebraska)

See also

• • Linc (disambiguation)
• Lincs (disambiguation)
• Linker (disambiguation)
• Linq (disambiguation)
• Linx (disambiguation)
• Lynx (disambiguation)
• Microsoft Lync