Hotlink

2 definitions found

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  hotlink /hot'link/ n. A {hot spot} on a World Wide Web page; an area,
     which, when clicked or selected, chases a URL. Also spelled `hot link'.
     Use of this term focuses on the link's role as an immediate part of your
     display, as opposed to the timeless sense of logical connection
     suggested by {web pointer}. Your screen shows hotlinks but your document
     has web pointers, not (in normal usage) the other way around.


  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  hotlink
       
          A mechanism for sharing data between two {application
          program}s where changes to the data made by one application
          appear instantly in the other's copy.
       
          Under {System 7} on the {Macintosh} the users establishes a
          hotlink by doing a "Create Publisher" on the server and
          "Subscribe" on the client.
       
          Under {Windows 3} it's "Cut Special"(?) and "Paste Special"
          (as opposed to the normal Cut and Paste).
       
          (1995-02-16)