link rot

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(idea) by _ing (8.4 y) (print)   (I like it!) Fri Jan 21 2000 at 19:31:56
Linkrot (or "link rot") is the common Web phenomenon of hyperlinks which lead nowhere. Usually this happens because Webmasters move resources around (or expire pages) instead of making everything persistent in perpetuity. Everything suffers the opposite of linkrot: links proliferate!
(idea) by Jargon (2 y) (print)   (I like it!) Thu Jul 19 2001 at 11:30:45
link farm = L = link-dead

link rot n.

The natural decay of web links as the sites they're connected to change or die. Compare bit rot.

--The Jargon File version 4.3.1, ed. ESR, autonoded by rescdsk.

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