Those lines link users to a wholesaler, like NorthPoint, which runs a network that connects them to the Internet.

Instead, the site is like a huge search engine that links users to other sites where files can be downloaded.

One of the awards was given to a technology team that devised a means of linking users to the advertisements most likely to interest them.

The site features a directory of more than 1,100 performers and bands that links users to sites about their favorite artists.

The office controller would be a central switch which would link users to applications and provide necessary services such as security.

Programs like Trillian (www.ceruleanstudios.com) can link users on all the major I.M. services with one program.

It links users anonymously, allowing them to trade music, videos, pictures, software and other types of computer files.

There's even a social-networking aspect that links users based on their contact lists.

Thus, linking users to their real identity can sometimes be rather difficult.

It also increases traffic by linking users to that same item on their website.