trackback

noun — 2 senses

trackback

noun

Etymology From track + back.

1

Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences A method to keep track of links to content, especially blog entries.

2

Internet A snippet of text joined to an entry from another website linking to it.

Related terms
backlink
Hypernyms
linkback
Coordinate terms
refback, pingback

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