Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

symbolic link

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.83 in modern English

Syllables: sym-bol-ic link
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A file that contains a reference to another file or directory and serves as a shortcut to it.

Inflected Forms

symbolic links (plural)

Derived Forms

SYLK

Synonyms

symlink soft link

Questions

What does symbolic link mean?: A file that contains a reference to another file or directory and serves as a shortcut to it.

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