Linker Explained

Linker or linkers may refer to:

Computing

• Linker (computing), a computer program that takes one or more object files generated by a compiler or generated by an assembler and links them with libraries, generating an executable program or shared library
  • GNU linker, the classic GNU Project's implementation of the Unix linker command ld
• Dynamic linker, the part of an operating system that loads and links the shared libraries for an executable program at run time

People

• Amy Linker (born 1966), American actress
• Zita Linker (1917–2009), Israeli politician
• Eduard Linkers (1912–2004), an Austrian actor

Biology

• Linker DNA, the part of a genomic DNA strand that connects two nucleosomes
• Polylinker or multiple cloning site, a short segment of DNA with many restriction sites
• Signal transducing adaptor protein, proteins that provide mechanisms by which receptors can amplify and regulate downstream effector proteins
  • Linker of activated T cells, a protein in the biochemical signaling path transferring signals from T cell antigen receptors
  • B-cell linker, a human gene that encodes a linker protein related to B cells
• Linker peptide, a flexible part of a peptide between relatively rigid structural domains.

Other uses

• Inflation-indexed bond or linker, bonds for which the principal is indexed to inflation

See also

• Link (disambiguation)