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Library & Utilities

In computers, a utility is a small program that provides additional capabilities beyond the operating system. Utilities can be nonessential parts of the operating system, like a print utility, or specialized standalone programs with limited functionality, like a search-and-replace utility. A software library is a collection of pre-written code, classes, procedures, and other programming components that can be included in software programs to add functionality without having to write new code. Programmers can manually add libraries, and compilers may also automatically include related libraries during runtime.

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Library & Utilities

In computers, a utility is a small program that provides additional capabilities beyond the operating system. Utilities can be nonessential parts of the operating system, like a print utility, or specialized standalone programs with limited functionality, like a search-and-replace utility. A software library is a collection of pre-written code, classes, procedures, and other programming components that can be included in software programs to add functionality without having to write new code. Programmers can manually add libraries, and compilers may also automatically include related libraries during runtime.

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UTILITY

In computers, a utility is a small program that provides an addition to the


capabilities provided by the operating system. In some usages, a utility is a
special and nonessential part of the operating system. The print "utility" that
comes with the operating system is an example. It's not absolutely required to
run programs and, if it didn't come with the operating system, you could
perhaps add it. In other usages, a utility is an application that is very
specialized and relatively limited in capability. A good example is a search-
and-replaceutility. Some operating systems provide a limited capability to do
a search-and-replace for given character strings. You can add a much more
capable search-and-replace utility that runs as an application program.
However, compared to a word processor, a search-and-replace utility has
limited capability.

Definition - What does Software Library mean?


A software library is a suite of data and programming code that is used to
develop software programs and applications. It is designed to assist both the
programmer and the programming language compiler in building and
executing software.
Techopedia explains Software Library
A software library generally consists of pre-written code, classes, procedures,
scripts, configuration data and more. Typically, a developer might manually
add a software library to a program to achieve more functionality or to
automate a process without writing code for it. For example, when developing
a mathematical program or application, a developer may add a mathematics
software library to the program to eliminate the need for writing complex
functions. All of the available functions within a software library can just be
called/used within the program body without defining them explicitly.
Similarly, a compiler might automatically add a related software library to a
program on run time.

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