Enpatika

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A shared object is an indivisible unit that is generated from one or more relocatable objects . Shared objects can be bound with dynamic executables to form a runable process. As their name implies, shared objects can be shared by more than one application.

Simply put, A shared library/ Dynamic Library is a library that is loaded dynamically at runtime for each application that requires it . Dynamic Linking doesn’t require the code to be copied, it is done by just placing name of the library in the binary file.

A Library in Linux A library is a collection of pre-compiled pieces of code called functions . The library contains common functions and together, they form a package called — a library. Functions are blocks of code that get reused throughout the program. Using the pieces of code again in a program saves time.

so (short for “shared object”). Shared libraries are the most common way to manage dependencies on Linux systems . These shared resources are loaded into memory before the application starts, and when several processes require the same library, it will be loaded only once on the system.