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hot·link  (htlngk)
n. Computer Science
1. A connection between two files that automatically updates one whenever the other is updated.
2. See link1.


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Hotlinking is when another website links directly to one of your photos, or some other item on your Web site, without permission and without sending visitors to your site.
Though some web servers will shut down a hotlinking site after complaints.
The user resorts to hotlinking those when creating the tag as it is not possible to keep on the host site.
 
 
 
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