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{
"etymology_text": "In most wikis, a link to an existing page appears in blue text.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "blue links",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "bluelink",
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"alternative"
]
}
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"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
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{
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{
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"langcode": "en",
"name": "Internet",
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"Networking",
"Technology",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
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"_dis": "57 43",
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"Entry maintenance"
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},
{
"_dis": "63 37",
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},
{
"_dis": "70 30",
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},
{
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},
{
"_dis": "65 35",
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"parents": [],
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},
{
"_dis": "65 35",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "67 33",
"kind": "other",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "66 34",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "67 33",
"kind": "other",
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"parents": [],
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}
],
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "56 44",
"word": "blue-linked"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A hyperlink displayed in blue, traditionally indicating that the user has not yet followed the link."
],
"id": "en-blue_link-en-noun-o6JpQSMd",
"links": [
[
"Internet",
"Internet"
],
[
"hyperlink",
"hyperlink"
],
[
"blue",
"blue"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Internet) A hyperlink displayed in blue, traditionally indicating that the user has not yet followed the link."
],
"tags": [
"Internet"
]
},
{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "red link"
}
],
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Internet",
"orig": "en:Internet",
"parents": [
"Computing",
"Networking",
"Technology",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
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},
{
"kind": "topical",
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"name": "Wiki",
"orig": "en:Wiki",
"parents": [
"World Wide Web",
"Internet",
"Computing",
"Networking",
"Technology",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2022 August 31, Alex Abad-Santos, “They hate to see a nepotism baby winning”, in Vox:",
"text": "Beyond the satisfaction it provides linguistically and in terms of pure meanness, what makes “nepotism baby” so popular is that it also functions as a tool, a simple way for our brains to deconstruct the bigger idea of upward mobility in inequality. Every human is someone’s child, but not everyone’s parents are a blue link on Wikipedia.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"A blue hyperlink that directs to an existing page of a wiki."
],
"id": "en-blue_link-en-noun-3cN6sT40",
"links": [
[
"Internet",
"Internet"
],
[
"wiki",
"wiki"
],
[
"jargon",
"jargon"
],
[
"hyperlink",
"hyperlink"
],
[
"direct",
"direct"
],
[
"existing",
"existing"
],
[
"page",
"page"
]
],
"qualifier": "wiki jargon",
"raw_glosses": [
"(Internet, wiki jargon) A blue hyperlink that directs to an existing page of a wiki."
],
"tags": [
"Internet"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "35 65",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "lánliàn",
"sense": "hyperlink to an existing page",
"word": "藍鏈 /蓝链"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 65",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "hyperlink to an existing page",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lien bleu"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 65",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "ao rinku",
"sense": "hyperlink to an existing page",
"word": "青リンク"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 65",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "paran ringkeu",
"sense": "hyperlink to an existing page",
"word": "파란 링크"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 65",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "hyperlink to an existing page",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ligação azul"
},
{
"_dis1": "35 65",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "hyperlink to an existing page",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "link azul"
}
]
}
],
"word": "blue link"
}
{
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"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English multiword terms",
"English nouns",
"Entries with translation boxes",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Terms with French translations",
"Terms with Japanese translations",
"Terms with Korean translations",
"Terms with Mandarin translations",
"Terms with Portuguese translations"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "blue-linked"
}
],
"etymology_text": "In most wikis, a link to an existing page appears in blue text.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "blue links",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "bluelink",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {},
"expansion": "blue link (plural blue links)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"en:Internet"
],
"glosses": [
"A hyperlink displayed in blue, traditionally indicating that the user has not yet followed the link."
],
"links": [
[
"Internet",
"Internet"
],
[
"hyperlink",
"hyperlink"
],
[
"blue",
"blue"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Internet) A hyperlink displayed in blue, traditionally indicating that the user has not yet followed the link."
],
"tags": [
"Internet"
]
},
{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "red link"
}
],
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"en:Internet",
"en:Wiki"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2022 August 31, Alex Abad-Santos, “They hate to see a nepotism baby winning”, in Vox:",
"text": "Beyond the satisfaction it provides linguistically and in terms of pure meanness, what makes “nepotism baby” so popular is that it also functions as a tool, a simple way for our brains to deconstruct the bigger idea of upward mobility in inequality. Every human is someone’s child, but not everyone’s parents are a blue link on Wikipedia.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A blue hyperlink that directs to an existing page of a wiki."
],
"links": [
[
"Internet",
"Internet"
],
[
"wiki",
"wiki"
],
[
"jargon",
"jargon"
],
[
"hyperlink",
"hyperlink"
],
[
"direct",
"direct"
],
[
"existing",
"existing"
],
[
"page",
"page"
]
],
"qualifier": "wiki jargon",
"raw_glosses": [
"(Internet, wiki jargon) A blue hyperlink that directs to an existing page of a wiki."
],
"tags": [
"Internet"
]
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "lánliàn",
"sense": "hyperlink to an existing page",
"word": "藍鏈 /蓝链"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "hyperlink to an existing page",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lien bleu"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "ao rinku",
"sense": "hyperlink to an existing page",
"word": "青リンク"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "paran ringkeu",
"sense": "hyperlink to an existing page",
"word": "파란 링크"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "hyperlink to an existing page",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ligação azul"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "hyperlink to an existing page",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "link azul"
}
],
"word": "blue link"
}
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