Linkers

noun

1. That which links.
2. A computer program that takes one or more objects generated by compilers and assembles them into a single executable program.
3. A short oligonucleotide containing a recognition sequence for a restriction enzyme, used to blunt the ends of sticky DNA segments.
4. (grammar) A word or short expression that links clauses or other syntactic elements.
5. A linked bond, one for which the principal is indexed to inflation.