linkage

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In this scheme, the programmer explicitly associates the name of each externally visible procedure and data object with a numeric offset in the global vector; the linkage is accomplished in the compiled code by using these numeric offsets.

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  1. noun The act or process of linking.
  2. noun The condition of being linked.
  3. noun A connection or relation; an association.
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  • The lines between us, the linkage was so thin and fragile, I never felt anything special about it. —  VC Andrews - Broken Wings
  • The result was the same: the key descended far enough to take up the slack in its linkage, and stopped All this had attracted Bob's attention. —  Clement, Hal - Needle.htm
  • For Josh and his world, this linkage is a very new technology. —  F ;SF - vol 105 issue 04-05 - October-November 2003
  • At the moment I have no idea what the linkage might be, but I am left with the suspicion that Priscilla Fletcher feels she has something to lose if Howard's case is resurrected. —  Disordered Minds
  • He had felt the power of the linkage, and knew exactly how tired she felt. —  Dragon's Gold
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/ˈlɪŋkədʒ/
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