redirections

Sends traffic elsewhere

Redirections is the plural of redirection—instances of sending something to a different destination or purpose.

Mail gets redirections to new addresses.

Website visitors experience redirections to updated pages.

In computing, redirections route input or output to different locations: The script uses redirections to save output to a file.

Figuratively, a conversation might need redirections to stay on topic.

navigation

detour

Alternate path around obstruction

bypass · GPS · roadblock · construction · signage · traffic flow · pathway · shortcut · turnaround · guidance

web

URL

Web location identifier

  • forwardOnward in direction
  • HTTPWeb data transmission standard
  • linkPoint of connection

domain · canonical · slug · permalink · bounce · landing page · SEO · broken link · alias · rewrite

communication

deflection

Change in trajectory

tangent · dodge · sidestep · distraction · segue · spin · avoidance · obfuscation · reframing · interruption

mail

forwarding

Redirecting to another location

relocation · PO box · mail hold · USPS · delivery · parcel · undeliverable · moving · redelivery · bounce back

computing

pointer

Reference to memory location

  • referenceDirecting attention elsewhere
  • pipeHollow conveyance channel
  • stdinDefault program input channel

stdout · stream · buffer · output · input · shell · command line · terminal · Unix · operator

psychological

displacement

Removal from usual location

defense mechanism · projection · avoidance · channeling · outlet · distraction · substitution · repression · therapy · Freud

Opposites
path continuity

redirectionscontinuations

Things that proceed onward

beelines

stability vs. change

redirectionsconsistencies

States of being uniform

persistences · steadfastness · fixedness · unchangingness · stabilities

Family

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