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[[ja:ライブラリ]] [[es:biblioteca (programa)]]

In [[computer science]], a '''library''' is a collection of relatively generic [[subprogram]]s, which are used to develop [[software]]. Libraries are distinguished from [[executable]]s in that they are not independent [[Computer program|program]]s; rather, they are "helper" code that provides services to ansome other independent program.

Well-known libraries include:

* [[C standard library]], suchwhose asimplementations include [[glibc]]

* Graphic libraries