Linker

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Linker may refer to:

Computing

• Linker, a computer program that takes one or more objects generated by a compiler and combines them into a single executable program
  • ld, the linker included in Unix
  • GNU linker, the GNU Project's implementation of the Unix command ld
  • Dynamic linker, the part of an operating system that loads and links the shared libraries for an executable

Biology

• Polylinker (also known as a multiple cloning site or simply a linker), a short segment of DNA with many restriction sites; commonly used in biotechnology, bioengineering, and molecular genetics
• Linker proteins (or adaptor proteins), proteins that provide mechanisms by which receptors can amplify and regulate downstream effector proteins, e.g.:
  • Linker of activated T cells, a protein in the biochemical signalling path transferring signals from T cell antigen receptors
  • B-cell linker, a human gene that encodes a linker protein related to B cells

People

• Amy Linker (born 1966), an American actress
• Damon Linker, an American writer
• Irwin Linker (born 1939), an American creator of special-interest magazines

Miscellaneous

• Linker, a colloquial term for Inflation-indexed bonds (or linked bonds), the bonds for which the principal is indexed to inflation

See also

• Link
• Linkers

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