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Glibc

The GNU C Library, commonly known as glibc, is the GNU Project implementation of the C standard library. It provides a wrapper around the system calls of the Linux kernel and other kernels for application use. Despite its name, it now also directly supports C++ (and, indirectly, other programming languages). It was started in the 1980s by the Free…

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Developers
GNU Project, most contributions by Ulrich Drepper
License
2001: LGPL-2.1-or-later[a] 1992: LGPL-2.0-or-later[b]
Operating system
Unix-like
Original author
Roland McGrath
Release
1987; 39 years ago (1987)
Repository
sourceware.org/git/glibc.git

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Glibc

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Edges102
Triples109
Avg. degree1.98
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Components1

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related to Supported hardware and kernels · 26
Glibc → Additionally, ARC, ARM, BeOS, C-SKY, Debian GNU/kFreeBSD, Debian GNU/NetBSD, DEC Alpha, FreeBSD, Haiku, Hurd, IA-64, It, Its, Linux, MicroBlaze, MIPS, Motorola, NetBSD, Nios II
related to Fork and variant · 23
Glibc → Because, Debian, Debian Jessie, Eglibc, Following, Freescale, FSF, GNU Libc, In, IPv6, It, January, Linux, MIPS, MontaVista, POSIX, PowerPC, Since, The, The Yocto Project
related to Functionality · 17
Glibc → Berkeley Unix, BSD, GNU, In, Interface Definition, ISO C11, ISO C99, Issue, POSIX, Single UNIX Specification, SVID, System, X/Open Portability Guide, X/Open System Interface, X/Open UNIX, XPG, XSI
related to history · 14
Glibc → ANSI, ANSI C-1989, By, Drepper, Free Software Foundation, FSF, Git, In February, In May, In September, POSIX, Roland McGrath, The, Ulrich Drepper
related to Use in small devices · 9
Glibc → Examples, Familiar Linux, For, GNU, GPE, However, Linus Torvalds, Linux, Openmoko
related to Compatibility layers · 7
Glibc → Android's Bionic, APIs, There, These, Unix-like, Windows APIs, Wine
related to Secure string functions · 3
Glibc → C11, ISO, The FAQ
Developers · 1
Glibc → GNU Project, most contributions by Ulrich Drepper
License · 1
Glibc → 2001: LGPL-2.1-or-later[a] 1992: LGPL-2.0-or-later[b]
Operating system · 1
Glibc → Unix-like

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linux gnu project software kernel use system systems kernels also libc free drepper posix provides libraries apis library fsf many

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GlibcDevelopersGNU Project, most contributions by Ulrich Drepper1.00infobox
GlibcLicense2001: LGPL-2.1-or-later[a] 1992: LGPL-2.0-or-later[b]1.00infobox
GlibcOperating systemUnix-like1.00infobox
GlibcOriginal authorRoland McGrath1.00infobox
GlibcRelease1987; 39 years ago (1987)1.00infobox
GlibcRepositorysourceware.org/git/glibc.git1.00infobox
GlibcStable release2.44 / 25 July 20261.00infobox
GlibcTypeRuntime library1.00infobox
GlibcWebsitewww.gnu.org/software/libc/1.00infobox
GlibcWritten inC1.00infobox
Glibcrelated to Compatibility layersThere0.60section
Glibcrelated to Compatibility layersThese0.60section

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