A poiNTer from an activation record to the activation record for the scope from which the curreNT scope was called at run time. This is used in a {statically scoped} language to restore the {environmeNT poiNTer} on exit from a scope. To access a non-local variable in a dynamically scoped language, dynamic links are followed uNTil a binding for the given variable name is found. (1995-03-07)