Re^2: What's the difference between a suite, a library, and a distribution?

Yeah, that word "library" seems to be overloaded. It can mean one module (like how a .so file is often called a "shared library") or a group of modules (ex. the Perl standard library).

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Re^3: What's the difference between a suite, a library, and a distribution? by revdiablo (Prior) on Oct 24, 2005 at 16:48 UTC
word "library" seems to be overloaded. It can mean one module ... or a group of modules I wouldn't really say it's overloaded. I think most people think of a library as a collection of functions, or perhaps more generally, a collection of functionality. This doesn't imply much about the structure or organization, which means it could be 1 module, or 35 modules.	[reply]