link-dead

from Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)

link-dead
 adj.

   [MUD] The state a player is in when they kill their connection to a
   {MUD} without leaving it properly. The player is then commonly left as
   a statue in the game, and is only removed after a certain period of
   time (an hour on most MUDs). Used on {IRC} as well, although it is
   inappropriate in that context. Compare {netdead}.

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

link-dead

   Said of a {MUD} character who has frozen in place because of a
   dropped network connection.

   [{Jargon File}]

   (1995-01-24)