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Peter Flass (talk | contribs) it’s not zero-based addressing. some segmented architectures might not require relocation, I guess. |
Peter Flass (talk | contribs) hit wrong button. finish thought. Each compilation unit may generate a separate segment with addresses assigned a compile time. |
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A [[Linker (computing)|linker]] usually performs relocation in conjunction with '''symbol resolution''', the process of searching files and libraries to replace symbolic references or names of [[Library (computer science)|libraries]] with actual usable addresses in [[primary storage|memory]] before running a program.
Relocation is typically done by the linker at [[link time]], but it can also be done at [[load time]] by a relocating [[loader (computing)|loader]], or at [[Run time (program lifecycle phase)|run time]] by the running program [[self-relocation|itself]]. Some architectures avoid relocation entirely; for
== Segmentation ==
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