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In computer science, a library is a collection of non-volatile resources used by computer programs, often to develop software.
These may include configuration data, documentation, help data, message templates, pre-written code and subroutines, classes, values or type specifications.
A library is a collection of implementations of behavior, written in terms of a language, that has a well-defined interface by which the behavior is invoked.
- This means that as long as a higher level program uses a library to make system calls, it does not need to be re-written to implement those system calls over and over again.
- In addition, the behavior is provided for reuse by multiple independent programs.
