Linking Glossary

Browse 3 linking terms defined in plain English, from the cultural dictionary of computing.

3 Linking Terms

Static Binary: An executable that has all of its library dependencies compiled and linked directly into the binary at build time, requiring no shared libraries on the target...
Static Library: An archive of precompiled object files (typically .a on Unix or .lib on Windows) that the linker copies directly into the final executable at build time,...
Static Linking: The build-time process of resolving all external symbol references by copying the required object code from static libraries directly into the output...