"symbolic link" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "symbolic links",
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        "plural"
      ]
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
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        },
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        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Computing",
          "orig": "en:Computing",
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            "Technology",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "SYLK"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A file that contains a reference to another file or directory and serves as a shortcut to it."
      ],
      "id": "en-symbolic_link-en-noun-D-wQ7toV",
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "operating system",
          "operating system"
        ],
        [
          "Unix",
          "Unix"
        ],
        [
          "file",
          "file"
        ],
        [
          "directory",
          "directory"
        ],
        [
          "shortcut",
          "shortcut"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(computing, in operating systems derived from Unix) A file that contains a reference to another file or directory and serves as a shortcut to it."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in operating systems derived from Unix"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "symlink"
        },
        {
          "word": "soft link"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "computing: a file that contains a reference to another file or directory and serves as a shortcut to it",
          "word": "simbola ligilo"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "symvolikós sýndesmos",
          "sense": "computing: a file that contains a reference to another file or directory and serves as a shortcut to it",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "συμβολικός σύνδεσμος"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "computing: a file that contains a reference to another file or directory and serves as a shortcut to it",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ligação simbólica"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "symbolic link"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "symbolic link"
}

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    {
      "word": "SYLK"
    }
  ],
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      "form": "symbolic links",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "English countable nouns",
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        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
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        "Terms with Greek translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "en:Computing"
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      "glosses": [
        "A file that contains a reference to another file or directory and serves as a shortcut to it."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "operating system",
          "operating system"
        ],
        [
          "Unix",
          "Unix"
        ],
        [
          "file",
          "file"
        ],
        [
          "directory",
          "directory"
        ],
        [
          "shortcut",
          "shortcut"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(computing, in operating systems derived from Unix) A file that contains a reference to another file or directory and serves as a shortcut to it."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in operating systems derived from Unix"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "symlink"
        },
        {
          "word": "soft link"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ],
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        "symbolic link"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "computing: a file that contains a reference to another file or directory and serves as a shortcut to it",
      "word": "simbola ligilo"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "symvolikós sýndesmos",
      "sense": "computing: a file that contains a reference to another file or directory and serves as a shortcut to it",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "συμβολικός σύνδεσμος"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "computing: a file that contains a reference to another file or directory and serves as a shortcut to it",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ligação simbólica"
    }
  ],
  "word": "symbolic link"
}