# Linker

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'''Linker''' or '''linkers''' may refer to:

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== Computing ==
* [Linker (computing)](/source/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](/source/GNU_linker), the classic GNU Project's implementation of the Unix linker command <code>ld</code>
* [Dynamic linker](/source/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](/source/Amy_Linker) (born 1966), American actress
* [Zita Linker](/source/Zita_Linker) (1917–2009), Israeli politician
* [Eduard Linkers](/source/Eduard_Linkers) (1912–2004), an Austrian actor

== Biology ==
* [Linker DNA](/source/Linker_DNA), the part of a genomic DNA strand that connects two nucleosomes
* [Polylinker](/source/Polylinker) or multiple cloning site, a short segment of DNA with many restriction sites
* [Signal transducing adaptor protein](/source/Signal_transducing_adaptor_protein), proteins that provide mechanisms by which receptors can amplify and regulate downstream effector proteins
** [Linker of activated T cells](/source/Linker_of_activated_T_cells), a protein in the biochemical signaling path transferring signals from T cell antigen receptors
** [B-cell linker](/source/B-cell_linker), a human gene that encodes a linker protein related to B cells<!-- which? -->
* Linker peptide, a flexible part of a [peptide](/source/peptide) between relatively rigid [structural domains](/source/protein_domain).

== Other uses ==
* In linguistics, a connective such as a [conjunction](/source/conjunction_(grammar)), an [adposition](/source/adposition), [ezāfe](/source/ez%C4%81fe), etc.
* [Inflation-indexed bond](/source/Inflation-indexed_bond) or linker, bonds for which the principal is indexed to inflation

== See also ==
* [Link (disambiguation)](/source/Link_(disambiguation))

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