Library
WordNet
noun
(1) A depository built to contain books and other materials for reading and study
(2) A room where books are kept
"They had brandy in the library"
(3) A building that houses a collection of books and other materials
(4) (computing) a collection of standard programs and subroutines that are stored and available for immediate use
(5) A collection of literary documents or records kept for reference or borrowing
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Etymology
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Noun
- An institution which holds books and/or other forms of stored information for use by the public or qualified people. It is usual, but not a defining feature of a library, for it to be housed in rooms of a building, to lend items of its collection to members either with or without payment, and to provide various other services for its community of users.
- A collection of books or other forms of stored information. An individual may refer to his collection of books and other items as his library.
- An equivalent collection of analogous information in a non-printed form, e.g. record library
- A collection of subprograms used to develop software.