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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-needed}}
==See also==
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