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/ˈlɪŋkˌɹɒt/ · noun
(Internet) The 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.”
Use linkrot when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Linkrot means (Internet) The steady increase in the number of broken hyperlinks as webpages are moved or removed..
Common synonyms include URL rot.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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.”
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