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Link-local can refer to:

The data link layer
Data link layer
The data link layer is layer 2 of the seven-layer OSI model of computer networking. It corresponds to, or is part of the link layer of the TCP/IP reference model....

, which is layer 2 of the OSI network model
Link-local address
Link-local address
A link-local address is an Internet Protocol address that is intended only for communications within the segment of a local network or a point-to-point connection that a host is connected to. Routers do not forward packets with link-local addresses....

es, which are intended only for use in the local layer 2 domain

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