library

1. (by extension) Any institution that lends out its goods for use by the public or a community.broadly

2. (programming) A collection of software routines that provide functionality to be incorporated into or used by a computer program.Examples: "A static library is much like any other library in that it contains a bunch of code for your application to use."

3. (genetics) A collection of DNA material from a single organism or relative to a single disease.

4. (card games, Magic: The Gathering) The deck or draw pile.Examples: "At the conclusion of every duel, each player must show the remaining cards in his or her hand to the opponent to verify that no Restricted List duplicate cards appear there (e.g., to prove that a second Time Walk wasn't drawn from his library)."; "But why did very good players shy away from cards that are so obviously good from our perspectives? One very real possibility is that library manipulation/increased selection and redundancy tech had not yet been established - after all, many players were amazed at Lestree's use of the Sylvan Library to draw extra cards!"; "To win a game of Magic, you must achieve one of two chief goals: either be the first to reduce your opponent's life total from 20 to 0, or force him or her to attempt to draw a card from his or her library when there are no cards left in it."