A set of pieces that work together in unison as a mechanism or device.
A building block of an application, similar to a DLL, but containing both executable code and information normally found in a DLL's type library. The type library information in an assembly, called a manifest, describes public functions, data, classes, and version information.
A beat of the drum or sound of the bugle as a signal to troops to assemble.
A congregation of people in one place for a purpose.
The act of putting together a set of pieces, fragments, or elements.
A legislative body.
A mechanical device that connects things.
A connection or relation between things or ideas.
The act or result of linking: the combination of multiple object files into one executable, library, or object file.
A United States foreign policy, during the 1970s détente in the Cold War, of persuading the Soviet Union to co-operate in restraining revolutions in the Third World in return for nuclear and economic concessions.
The property of genes of being inherited together.
A set of definitely related languages for which no proto-language can be derived, typically a group of languages within a family that have formed a sprachbund.