<programming, library> A collection of {subroutines} and
	{functions} stored in one or more files, usually in compiled
	form, for linking with other programs.  Libraries are one of
	the earliest forms of organised {code reuse}.  They are often
	supplied by the {operating system} or {software development
	environment} developer to be used in many different programs.
	The routines in a library may be general purpose or designed
	for some specific function such as three dimensional animated
	graphics.

	Libraries are linked with the user's program to form a
	complete {executable}.  The linking may be {static linking}
	or, in some systems, {dynamic linking}.

	(1998-11-21)

(uML) An {interpreter} for a subset of {SML}.  Runs on
	{MS-DOS}.  Written at the University of Umea, Sweden.

	{(ftp://ftp.cs.umu.se/pub/umlexe01.zoo)}.

<jargon> To transfer data from one computer to another.
	Downloading usually refers to transfer from a larger "host"
	system (especially a {server} or {mainframe}) to a smaller
	"client" system, especially a {microcomputer} or specialised
	peripheral, and "{upload}" usually means from small to large.

	Others hold that, technically, download means "receive" and
	upload means "send", irrespective of the size of the systems
	involved.

	Note that in communications between ground and space,
	space-to-earth transmission is always "down" and the reverse
	"up", regardless of size.  So far the in-space machines have
	invariably been smaller; thus the upload/download distinction
	has been reversed from its usual sense.

	[{Jargon File}]

	(2003-11-04)