Library (software)

A software library is a collection of code assembled to perform a set of related tasks. Software libraries are distinguished from executables in that they are not independent programs; rather, they are "helper" code that provides services to an independent program.

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• Application Programming Interface
• relationships among linkers, loaders[?], dynamically linked library, statically linked library[?], application binary interface
• Common styles of library organization (GUI toolkits, data structure/collection frameworks, I/O libraries, functional programming combinators, metaprogramming[?] protocols, etc.)