A shared library is an object module that can be loaded at run time at an arbitrary memory address, and it can be linked to by a program in memory . Shared libraries often are called as shared objects. On most UNIX systems they are denoted with a . so suffix and Microsoft refer to them as DLLs (dynamic link libraries).
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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.
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A shared library or shared object is a file that is intended to be shared by multiple programs . … In computer science, a library is a collection of non-volatile resources used by computer programs, often for software development.
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