linkrot en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈlɪŋkˌɹɑt/ (General-American)
- (US) audio
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- /ˈlɪŋkˌɹɒt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From link (“hyperlink”) + rot (“process of becoming rotten”).
Meanings
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(Internet, uncountable) The steady increase in the number of broken hyperlinks as webpages are moved or removed.
It turns out that link rot and content drift are endemic to the web, which is both unsurprising and shockingly risky for a library that has “billions of books and no central filing system.”
2021 June 30, Jonathan Zittrain, “The Internet is Rotting”, in Jeffrey Goldberg, editor, The Atlantic, Washington, D.C.: The Atlantic Monthly Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 Sep 2023:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| link rot | alternative | lexicographic |
Relateds
dead link · permalink · bit rot
Synonyms
Translations (24)
ko 죽은 링크 (steady increase in the number of broken hyperlinks as webpages are moved or removed) · ar رابط مكسور (steady increase in the number of broken hyperlinks as webpages are moved or removed) · pt apodrecimento de referência (steady increase in the number of broken hyperlinks as webpages are moved or removed) · tr bağlantı bozulması (steady increase in the number of broken hyperlinks as webpages are moved or removed) · nl linkrot (steady increase in the number of broken hyperlinks as webpages are moved or removed) · et lingimädanik (steady increase in the number of broken hyperlinks as webpages are moved or removed) · pt apodrecimento de links (steady increase in the number of broken hyperlinks as webpages are moved or removed) · nb lenkeråte (steady increase in the number of broken hyperlinks as webpages are moved or removed) · pl martwy link (steady increase in the number of broken hyperlinks as webpages are moved or removed) · sv länkröta (steady increase in the number of broken hyperlinks as webpages are moved or removed) · ja リンク切れ (steady increase in the number of broken hyperlinks as webpages are moved or removed) · mk изуми́рање на вр́ската (steady increase in the number of broken hyperlinks as webpages are moved or removed) · ko 깨진 링크 (steady increase in the number of broken hyperlinks as webpages are moved or removed) · uk вимирання посилань (steady increase in the number of broken hyperlinks as webpages are moved or removed) · cmn 失效連結 /失效连结 (steady increase in the number of broken hyperlinks as webpages are moved or removed) · fa پیوند مرده (steady increase in the number of broken hyperlinks as webpages are moved or removed) · et lingikõdu (steady increase in the number of broken hyperlinks as webpages are moved or removed) · tr bağlantı ölümü (steady increase in the number of broken hyperlinks as webpages are moved or removed) · fi linkkirutto (steady increase in the number of broken hyperlinks as webpages are moved or removed) · ru вымира́ние ссы́лок (steady increase in the number of broken hyperlinks as webpages are moved or removed) · ur مردہ روابط (steady increase in the number of broken hyperlinks as webpages are moved or removed) · tr bağlantı kırılması (steady increase in the number of broken hyperlinks as webpages are moved or removed) · pt quebra de links (steady increase in the number of broken hyperlinks as webpages are moved or removed) · id pranala mati (steady increase in the number of broken hyperlinks as webpages are moved or removed)