Editing Library (computing) (section)

=== Executable ===

An executable library consists of code that has been converted from source code into [[machine code]] or an intermediate form such as [[bytecode]]. A linker allows for using library objects by associating each reference with an address at which the object is located. For example, in [[C (programming language)|C]], a library function is invoked via C's normal function call [[Syntax (programming languages)|syntax]] and [[Semantics (computer science)|semantics]].<ref>{{Cite thesis|title=Metamorphic Detection Using Function Call Graph Analysis|publisher=San Jose State University Library|first=Prasad|last=Deshpande| year=2013 |doi=10.31979/etd.t9xm-ahsc|doi-access=free}}</ref>

A variant is a library containing compiled code (object code in IBM's nomenclature) in a form that cannot be loaded by the OS but that can be read by the linker.