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library

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In Ruby you basically have to memorize a large chunk of the standard library before you feel proficient.

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Quick take

A collection of books or other forms of stored information.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of library gathered in one view.

noun

A collection of books or other forms of stored information.

noun

A room dedicated to storing books.

noun

An equivalent collection of analogous information in a non-printed form, e.g. record library.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for library.

Example sentences

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In Ruby you basically have to memorize a large chunk of the standard library before you feel proficient.

2

We're looking for a strong Java developer who's comfortable with dependency injection, the Java standard library and concurrency.

3

If you're frequently passing by a university library, see if they have a shelf where they sell old books.

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Not sure what you mean by standard ssl library.

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Only the two adults get the prime, while the kids get just the shared digital library.

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We're currently working on a brand new responsive site with React, complete with reusable component library to facilitate our work.

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This library is pretty neat largely because it changes some common (and annoying) java idioms.

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The whole standard library is really well thought out WRT typesafe functional programming.

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If you're writing a library, the API should avoid including container details in function parameters, and const and non-const T should be allowed.

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How many pages of C++ standard constitute description of standard library?

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In other words, it's a runtime-library issue, not a compiler issue.

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There were a lot of uninformed complaints to developers, even if the app only used the library to load images or some other non-sensitive use.

Quote examples

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Thread support library", additionally including "Index of library names".

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A convenient addition the library would be a Seq/Hash that delegates to a "regular" List or Map without copying.

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> I own my iTunes library, don’t need a membership card, and I don’t exactly “borrow” items from it.

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Scribd (YC '06, "Netflix for eBooks", top 100 website, 50 people) is hiring talented devs in a variety of flavors to help us build the library of the 21st century.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use library in a sentence?

In Ruby you basically have to memorize a large chunk of the standard library before you feel proficient.

What does library mean?

A collection of books or other forms of stored information.

What part of speech is library?

library is commonly used as noun.