cross-linking

Verb

cross-link (third-person singular simple present cross-links, present participle cross-linking, simple past and past participle cross-linked)

1. To join polymer chains together to form one single molecule. An object made from a crosslinked material contains only one supergiant molecule. Crosslinking may take place through covalent bonds or ionic bonds
2. (Internet) To add an internal hyperlink between two webpages belonging to the same web domain.
   • There's no downside to providing reasonable cross links, and several reasons for providing them. For example, effective cross-linking keeps visitors on your site longer (as opposed to heading off-site because they can't find what they need on your site."2006 May 23, Harold Davis, Search Engine Optimization, O’Reilly Media, Inc., →ISBN, page 33
3. (broadly) To connect the references of a pool of data to each other.
   • Article 20 of the "General Data Protection Regulation” concerns immunity from automated profiling except under specified circumstances. It is conceivable that this may affect future applications of e.g. ANPRS systems (which already permit the automated and undetected identification of vehicles)...2014, European Commission, Directorate-General for the Information Society and Media, Putting the IC into ‘Policy’ - Strategic analysis for optimising the role of ICT in EU policy delivery – Final...

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