libraries

n. place where one can borrow books; collection of programs and commands used to build a program from source code in a programming language (Computers)

A library is a collection of information, sources, resources, and services: it is organized for use and maintained by a public body, an institution, or a private individual. In the more traditional sense, a library is a collection of books.This collection and services are used by people who choose not to — or cannot afford to — purchase an extensive collection themselves, who need material no individual can reasonably be expected to have, or who require professional assistance with their research.However, with the collection of media other than books for storing information, many libraries are now also repositories and access points for maps, prints, or other documents and artworks on various storage media such as microform (microfilm/microfiche), audio tapes, CDs, LPs, cassettes, videotapes, and DVDs. Libraries may also provide public facilities to access CD-ROMs, subscription databases, and the Internet.
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Noun
1. a room where books are kept; "they had brandy in the library"
(hypernym) room
(part-holonym) house
2. a collection of literary documents or records kept for reference or borrowing
(hypernym) collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage
(hyponym) bibliotheca
3. a depository built to contain books and other materials for reading and study
(synonym) depository library
(hypernym) depository, deposit, repository
(hyponym) athenaeum, atheneum
(part-meronym) carrel, carrell, cubicle, stall
4. (computing) a collection of standard programs and subroutines that are stored and available for immediate use
(synonym) program library, subroutine library
(hypernym) collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage
(part-meronym) library program
(classification) programming, programing, computer programming, computer programing
5. a building that houses a collection of books and other materials
(hypernym) building, edifice
(hyponym) National Library of Medicine, United States National Library of Medicine, U.S. National Library of Medicine

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<programming, library> A collection of subroutines and functions stored in one or more files, usually in compiled form, for linking with other programs. Libraries are one of the earliest forms of organised code reuse. They are often supplied by the operating system or software development environment developer to be used in many different programs. The routines in a library may be general purpose or designed for some specific function such as three dimensional animated graphics.
Libraries are linked with the user's program to form a complete executable. The linking may be static linking or, in some systems, dynamic linking.
(1998-11-21)