===== Shared Library =====
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**Shared library** are stored as ''.so'' (or in Windows ''.dll'', or in OS X ''.dylib'') files.

These are linked dynamically simply including the address of the library (whereas static linking is a waste of space). Dynamic linking links the libraries at the run-time. Thus, all the functions are in a special place in memory space, and every program can access them, without having multiple copies of them.

See: [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:s:static_library]]

Source: [[https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/difference-between-static-and-shared-libraries/ ]]


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