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==Adapting class/object interfaces==

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Wrapper functions can be used to adapt an existing class or object to have a different interface. This is especially useful when using existing library code.

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==Library functions and system calls==

Many library functions such as in the [[C Standard Library]] act as an interface (abstraction) for [[system call]]s. For example, "fork" and "execve" are GLIBC functions that call the "fork" and "execve" system calls, respectively. This often leads to incorrect use of the terms "system call" and "syscall" to refer to the library calls that are wrappers for the actual system calls with the same name.{{citation-Citation needed|date=June 2010}}

==See also==

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==References==

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[[Category:Control flow]]