Back رابط مكسور Arabic Mrtav link BS Dødt link Danish Toter Link German Enlace roto Spanish Lingikõdu Estonian پیوند مرده Persian Linkkimätä Finnish Lien mort French קישור שבור HE
Link rot (also called link death, link breaking, or reference rot) is the phenomenon of hyperlinks tending over time to cease to point to their originally targeted file, web page, or server due to that resource being relocated to a new address or becoming permanently unavailable. A link that no longer points to its target, often called a broken, dead, or orphaned link, is a specific form of dangling pointer.
The rate of link rot is a subject of study and research due to its significance to the internet's ability to preserve information. Estimates of that rate vary dramatically between studies. Information professionals have warned that link rot could make important archival data disappear, potentially impacting the legal system and scholarship.