dynamic link

dynamic link

[dī¦nam·ik ′liŋk] (computer science) A linking of data in two different programs, whereby modification in either program causes a similar change of the data in the other.

dynamic link

(compiler)A pointer from an activation record to theactivation record for the scope from which the currentscope was called at run time. This is used in a statically scoped language to restore the environment pointer on exitfrom a scope. To access a non-local variable in adynamically scoped language, dynamic links are followeduntil a binding for the given variable name is found.

dynamic link

A connection established at runtime from one program to another. See dynamic linking. See also virtual hypertext.