The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word LINKING
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What does LINKING mean?
LINKING verb- To connect two or more things.
- (of a Web page) To contain a hyperlink to another page.
- To supply (somebody) with a hyperlink; to direct by means of a link.
- To post a hyperlink to.
- To demonstrate a correlation between two things.
- To combine objects generated by a compiler into a single executable.
- To skip or trip along smartly; to go quickly.
- Linkage
- Serving to connect other things together.