linker
Britishnoun
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computing a program that adjusts two or more machine-language program segments so that they may be simultaneously loaded and executed as a unit
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(in systemic grammar) a word that links one word, phrase, sentence, or clause to another; a co-ordinating conjunction or a sentence connector Compare binder
Example Sentences
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In March, they expect a 30-year German Bund, a new 20-year Italian BTP, and a French linker.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 9, 2025
The researchers enhanced the sensing capabilities of the graphene layer by attaching a linker molecule to its surface.
From Science Daily • Feb. 5, 2024
The sensors, called aptamers, are strands of DNA with a surface linker on one end and an electrically sensitive chemical on the other.
From Science Daily • Oct. 3, 2023
Yields on British inflation-linked bonds mostly fell on Tuesday after the Bank of England expanded its emergency support to include the linker market, although the drop represented only a small dent in Monday's heavy sell-off.
From Reuters • Oct. 11, 2022
All these frames and machines are necessary, but the movements embodied in them, or the functions which they perform, are really subsidiary to those of the linker shown in the foreground of Fig.
From The Jute Industry: from Seed to Finished Cloth by Woodhouse, T.
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