hotlink

2 definitions found

hotlink - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  hotlink
  
     A mechanism for sharing data between two application programs
      where changes to the data made by one application
     appear instantly in the other's copy.
  
     Under System 7 on the Macintosh the users establishes a
     hotlink by doing a "Create Publisher" on the server and
     "Subscribe" on the client.
  
     Under Windows 3 it's "Cut Special"(?) and "Paste Special"
     (as opposed to the normal Cut and Paste).
  
     (1995-02-16)
  

hotlink - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  hotlink
   /hot'link/, n.
  
     A hot spot on a World Wide Web page; an area, which, when clicked
  or
     selected, chases a URL. Also spelled `hot link'. Use of this term
     focuses on the link's role as an immediate part of your display, as
     opposed to the timeless sense of logical connection suggested by web pointer
     . Your screen shows hotlinks but your document has web
     pointers, not (in normal usage) the other way around.