linker

Plural: linkers

Noun

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

Verb

• To ligate a DNA segment using a linker.

Synonyms

link editor