Crossword clues for unlink
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Unlink \Un*link"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + link.]
To separate or undo, as links; to uncoil; to unfasten.
--Shak.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
n. (context math knot theory English) A link that is equivalent (under ambient isotopy) to finitely many disjoint circles in the plane. vb. 1 To decouple an item; to remove a link; to delink. 2 (context transitive computing Unix English) To delete a file.
Wikipedia
In the mathematical field of knot theory, the unlink is a link that is equivalent (under ambient isotopy) to finitely many disjoint circles in the plane.
In Unix-like operating systems, unlink is a system call and a command line utility to delete files. The program directly interfaces the system call, which removes the file name and (but not on GNU systems) directories like rm and rmdir. If the file name was the last hard link to the file, the file itself is deleted as soon as no program has it open.
It also appears in the PHP, Node.js and Perl programming languages in the form of the unlink built-in function. Like the Unix utility, it is also used to delete files.
Usage examples of "unlink".
He moved his hands up the sides of her rib cage, intending to unlink the fingers clasped around his neck, but they stopped when his thumbs encountered the underswell of her breasts.
Instead of immediately trying to use that image, he willed himself to gather in an even more detailed understanding of the order linkages of the leaf, trying to gather an image of just how the links twisted and how much each needed to be turned to be unlinked from the next.
Her hands unlinked, and one of them curled into a fist to pound on her knee.
Finally he unlinked the baldrick from its anchoring belt and donned only the latter, folding the robe underneath it at his waist so that the hem fell no lower than his knees.
Here, writers are free to check in, to open up new rooms, new corridors, new intrigues, to unlink texts or create new links, to intrude upon or subvert the texts of others, to alter plot trajectories, manipulate time and space, to engage in dialogue through invented characters, then kill off one another's characters or even to sabotage the hotel's plumbing.
They claim it's our entry into language and culture that unbinds sexuality from reproduction, that unlinks desire from simple need.