Linker Glossary

Browse 2 linker terms defined in plain English, from the cultural dictionary of computing.

2 Linker Terms

Object File

The intermediate binary output produced by a compiler (typically with a `.o` or `.obj` extension) that contains machine code, symbol tables, and relocation...

Shared Library

A compiled library (`.so` on Linux, `.dylib` on macOS, `.dll` on Windows) that is loaded into memory once by the OS and mapped into the address space of every...

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