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What do you understand by the term glycosidic linkage?

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In oligosaccharides and polysaccharides, the two monosaccharide units are linked together by an oxide or ether linkage formed by the loss of water molecules. Such a linkage between two monosaccharide units through oxygen atom is called glycosidic linkage.

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