dynamic link
<compiler> A pointer from an {activation record} to the
{activation record} for the {scope} from which the current
scope was called at {run time}. This is used in a {statically
scoped} language to restore the {environment pointer} on exit
from a scope. To access a {non-local variable} in a
{dynamically scoped} language, dynamic links are followed
until a binding for the given variable name is found.
(1995-03-07)