Linker vs Connector - What's the difference?
linker | connector |
That which links.
(computer science) a computer program that takes one or more objects generated by compilers and assembles them into a single executable program.
(genetics) A short oligonucleotide containing a recognition sequence for a restriction enzyme, used to blunt the ends of sticky DNA segments.
(grammar) A word that serves to link other elements.
(finance, informal) A linked bond, one for which the principal is indexed to inflation.
(genetics) To ligate a DNA segment using a .
* 1994 , Ray Shillito et al., "Zea mays plants regenerated from protoplasts or protoplast-derived cells", US Patent 5770450, page 52:
One who connects.
* 2008 , Duncan Brown, Nicky Hayes, Influencer Marketing (page 38)
A device (or, more precisely, a mating pair of devices, often a plug and a socket) for connecting together two wires, cables, or hoses, allowing electricity or fluid to flow but also allowing easy disconnection and reconnection when necessary.
A highway or freeway road which connects to another highway or freeway. It can be part of an interchange or a longer roadway such as the 1.5 mile (2.5 kilometer) .
(computing) A line connecting two shapes in presentation software.
(computing) A software component that provides access from an application program to an external database or data source, such as a JDBC connector.
As nouns the difference between linker and connector
is that linker is that which links while connector is one who connects.As a verb linker
is to ligate a DNA segment using a linker.linker
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* linker DNAVerb
(en verb)- 38. The plasmid pRK252 Km is cut with ecoRI, blunt-ended using Klenow, and linkered with BgIII linkers (New England Biolabs).
connector
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(en noun)- There are only a few genuine social connectors . True connectors collect people like other collectors collect stamps.