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Glossary Term

Linker

The tool that combines object files into an executable or library, resolving symbols and applying relocations.

GNU ld, gold, and LLVM's lld perform symbol resolution and relocation; lld's speed rewrite is why Rust and Android link noticeably faster.

Related Terms

ELF Relocation Symbol Table

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