| LC control no. | sh2008001447 |
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| Topical heading | Libraries (Computer program subroutines) |
| See also | Subroutines (Computer programs) |
| Found in | Work cat.: International Mathematical and Statistical Libraries, Inc. IMSL library reference manual, 1982: v. 1, t.p. (This manual contains a detailed discussion of the IMSL library, an extensive collection of mathematical and statistical subroutines written in Fortran) Dictionary of computer science, engineering, and technology, 2001 (library -- a set of precompiled routines that may be linked with a program at compile time or loaded at load time or dynamically run at run time) Webopedia, Feb. 25, 2008 (library -- In programming, a library is a collection of precompiled routines that a program can use. The routines, sometimes called modules, are stored in object format. Libraries are particularly useful for storing frequently used routines because you do not need to explicitly link them to every program that uses them) Wikipedia, Feb. 25, 2008 (Library (computing) -- In computer science, a library is a collection of subprograms used to develop software. Libraries contain helper code and data, which provide services to independent programs. This allows code and data to be shared and changed in a modular fashion) FOLDOC, Feb. 25, 2008 (library -- a collection of subroutines and functions stored in one or more files, usually in compiled form, for linking with other programs) |
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