name: A surname (rare: 1 in 50000 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #6958)
noun: That which links.
noun: (software compilation) A computer program that takes one or more objects generated by compilers and assembles them into a single executable program.
noun: (genetics) A short oligonucleotide containing a recognition sequence for a restriction enzyme, used to blunt the ends of sticky DNA segments.
noun: (grammar) A word or short expression that links clauses or other syntactic elements.
noun: (finance, informal) A linked bond, one for which the principal is indexed to inflation.
verb: (genetics) To ligate a DNA segment using a linker.