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For serialising one or more links in HTTP headers, the HTTP Link header-field is used. It allows the server to point an interested client to another resource containing metadata about the requested resource. It is semantically equivalent to the HTML <link> element. 
Syntax: 

Link: <uri-reference>; param1="value1" param2="value2"

Directive: This header accept a single directive as mentioned above and described below. The link header contains parameters, which are separated with ; and are equivalent to attributes of the <link> element. 



Examples: 

Link: <https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/>; rel="preconnect"
Link:https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/; rel="preconnect"

Specifying multiple links:  You can specify multiple links separated by commas. 



Example: 

Link: <https://example.one.com>; rel="preconnect", 
<https://example.two.com>; rel="preconnect", 
<https://example.three.com>; rel="preconnect"

Typical uses are: 

Supported Browsers: The browser supported by HTTP-header  link are unknown till now.
 

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