link farm

n. [Unix] A directory tree that contains many links to files in a master
directory tree of files. Link farms save space when one is maintaining
several nearly identical copies of the same source tree for example, when
the only difference is architecture-dependent object files. Let's freeze the
source and then rebuild the FROBOZZ-3 and FROBOZZ-4 link farms. Link farms
may also be used to get around restrictions on the number of -I
(include-file directory) arguments on older C preprocessors. However, they
can also get completely out of hand, becoming the filesystem equivalent of
spaghetti code. See also farm.

