programming, tool (linkage editor, link loader) A program
that combines one or more files containing
object code from
separately compiled program
modules into a single file
containing loadable or executable code
This process involves resolving references between the
operating system
kernel when loading the file into memory to
run it.
have filename extension .o (object), .so (shared object), or
"a.out" by default.
(2001-10-13)