hotlink
/ˈhɑtˌlɪŋk/
verb
- To create a link that directly displays content (such as an image) from another website.
- Please do not hotlink images from our site without permission.
- He hotlinked the video file, causing the host server to slow down.
- The blog hotlinked a photo from a news website.
noun
- A clickable link on a website that takes you directly to another web page or resource.
- She added a hotlink to her blog in the forum post.
- The email contained a hotlink to the company's online store.
- Click the hotlink to read the full article.
- A link that directly displays an image or file from another website, often without permission.
- Many sites block hotlinks to protect their bandwidth.
- Hotlinking can slow down the original website's server.
- The website was using hotlinks to show images from other servers.