Meanings
nounlinkrot (uncountable)
alternative link rot
- InternetuncountableThe steady increase in the number of broken hyperlinks as webpages are moved or removed.
It turns out that link rot and content drift are endemic to the web, which is both unsurprising and shockingly risky for a library that has “billions of books and no central filing system.”
2021 June 30, Jonathan Zittrain, “The Internet is Rotting”, in Jeffrey Goldberg, editor, The Atlantic, Washington, D.C.: The Atlantic Monthly Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 Sep 2023Synonyms: URL rot
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe steady increase in the number of broken hyperlinks as webpages are moved or removed.
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Origin
From link (“hyperlink”) + rot (“process of becoming rotten”).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic رابط مكسور
- رابط مكسورsteady increase in the number of broken hyperlinks as webpages are moved or removed
Chinese Mandarin 失效連結 /失效连结
- 失效連結 /失效连结 (shīxiào liánjié)steady increase in the number of broken hyperlinks as webpages are moved or removed
Dutch linkrot
- linkrotsteady increase in the number of broken hyperlinks as webpages are moved or removed
Estonian lingikõdu, lingimädanik
- lingikõdusteady increase in the number of broken hyperlinks as webpages are moved or removed
- lingimädaniksteady increase in the number of broken hyperlinks as webpages are moved or removed
Finnish linkkirutto
- linkkiruttosteady increase in the number of broken hyperlinks as webpages are moved or removed
Indonesian pranala mati
- pranala matisteady increase in the number of broken hyperlinks as webpages are moved or removed
Japanese リンク切れ
- リンク切れ (rinku-gire)steady increase in the number of broken hyperlinks as webpages are moved or removed
Korean 깨진 링크, 죽은 링크
- 깨진 링크 (kkaejin ringkeu)steady increase in the number of broken hyperlinks as webpages are moved or removed
- 죽은 링크 (jugeun ringkeu)steady increase in the number of broken hyperlinks as webpages are moved or removed
Norwegian Bokmål lenkeråte
- lenkeråtesteady increase in the number of broken hyperlinks as webpages are moved or removed
Persian پیوند مرده
- پیوند مردهsteady increase in the number of broken hyperlinks as webpages are moved or removed
Polish martwy link
- martwy linksteady increase in the number of broken hyperlinks as webpages are moved or removed
Portuguese apodrecimento de links, apodrecimento de referência
- apodrecimento de linkssteady increase in the number of broken hyperlinks as webpages are moved or removed
- apodrecimento de referênciasteady increase in the number of broken hyperlinks as webpages are moved or removed
- quebra de linkssteady increase in the number of broken hyperlinks as webpages are moved or removed
Russian вымира́ние ссы́лок
- вымира́ние ссы́лок (vymiránije ssýlok)steady increase in the number of broken hyperlinks as webpages are moved or removed
Swedish länkröta
- länkrötasteady increase in the number of broken hyperlinks as webpages are moved or removed
Turkish bağlantı bozulması, bağlantı kırılması
- bağlantı bozulmasısteady increase in the number of broken hyperlinks as webpages are moved or removed
- bağlantı kırılmasısteady increase in the number of broken hyperlinks as webpages are moved or removed
- bağlantı ölümüsteady increase in the number of broken hyperlinks as webpages are moved or removed
Ukrainian вимирання посилань
- вимирання посилань (vymyrannja posylanʹ)steady increase in the number of broken hyperlinks as webpages are moved or removed
Urdu مردہ روابط
- مردہ روابطsteady increase in the number of broken hyperlinks as webpages are moved or removed
Cite this entry
APA
linkrot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/linkrot
MLA
“linkrot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/linkrot. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “linkrot,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/linkrot.
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