026. OCR A Level (H446) SLR5 – 1.2 Linkers, loaders and libraries


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OCR Specification Reference
A Level 1.2.2f

In this video we take a look at three important concepts centred around the generation of applications doing translation, these are: Linkers, Loaders and the use of Libraries.

Key questions:

- What is the purpose of a linker and loader?
- What are the advantages of function libraries for a programmer?

00:00 Linkers, loaders and libraries
00:06 Intro
00:11 What are libraries?
00:45 Dynamic Link Libraries (DLL)
01:22 Benefits and drawbacks of using library routines
02:12 Linkers and loaders
03:57 Key questions
04:09 Outro

Last updated: 23.03.26