Linker

Linker may refer to:

Computing

• Linker (computing), a computer program that takes one or more objects generated by a compiler and links them to standard library function and hence making them executable program
  • ld (Unix), the linker included in Unix
  • GNU linker, the classic GNU Project's implementation of the Unix command ld
  • gold (linker), rewritten linker implementation in GNU Project.
  • Dynamic linker, the part of an operating system that loads and links the shared libraries for an executable program.

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 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 DNA, the part of a genomic DNA strand that connects two nucleosomes

People

• Amy Linker (born 1966), an American actress
• Irwin Linker (born 1939), an American creator of special-interest magazines
• Zita Linker (1917–2009), an Israeli politician

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 (disambiguation)
• Linkers (disambiguation)