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hardlink

hardlink is the alternative form of hard link.

Meaning of hard link

Noun

hard link (plural hard links)

  1. A directory entry that associates a name with a file in a file system.

Forms of hardlink

pluralhardlinks

Questions about hardlink

What is hardlink the alternative form of?
Hardlink is the alternative form of hard link.

Words near hardlink in the dictionary

  1. hardliest
  2. hardline
  3. hardliner
  4. hardliners
  5. hardlines
  6. hardlink
  7. hardlinks
  8. hardlock
  9. hardlocked
  10. hardlocking
  11. hardlocks

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hardlink (page history and authors); hard link (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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