Editing Linker (computing) (section)

=== Unix & Unix-like ===
On Unix and Unix-like systems, the static linker is usually invoked via the command <code>ld</code> which is an abbreviation of ''LoaDer'' or ''Link eDitor''. The term "loader" was used to describe the process of loading external symbols from other programs during the process of linking.<ref name="UNIX_V6_manuals"/>

For example, on [[SINTRAN&nbsp;III]], linking (assembling object files into a program) was called <!--do not link to [[loader (computing)]] since that's different-->''loading'' {{endash}} as in loading executable code onto a file.<ref name="BRF_1984"/>