hotlink

Web page connector

A hotlink is a hyperlink—clickable text or an image that takes you somewhere else when selected.

In computing, hotlink also refers to embedding content from another source that updates automatically: The spreadsheet hotlinks to the live database.

To hotlink an image is to display it on your site while pulling it from someone else's server, which is often considered poor etiquette since it uses their bandwidth.

hyperlink

URL

Web location identifier

embed · linking · navigation · bookmark · webpage · HTML · browser · cross-reference · inline · hypermedia

bandwidth

streaming

Real-time digital delivery

server · traffic · caching · CDN · optimization · compression · responsive · media · resource · download

sausage

bratwurst

German minced-pork sausage

ketchup · relish · barbecue · smoked · casing · snap · spicy · charred · vendor · ballpark

Categories
Opposites
interactivity/functionality

hotlinkplain text

Unencoded readable characters

dead link · broken link · body text · raw text

data connection

hotlinklocal copy

hard copy · snapshot · local file

Phrases
Family

hotline, hotlinks

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Rated G