c5 - system software

Question 1

What are program libraries? [2]

Answer 1

A program library is a collection of pre-written code that can be called in other programs by importing the library.

Question 2

What is library program? [1]

Answer 2

a program stored in a program library.

Question 3

Difference between static and dynamic libraries.

Question 4

State two benefits to a programmer of using Dynamic Link Library

Answer 4

• maintenance is not needed by the programmer because the DLL is separate from the program
• the executable file is smaller because it does not contain all the library routines.