- Extension
- .a
- .tar.gz
- Format
- Binary
- Category
- Developer
- Compressed
- Developer
- Apple Inc.
- The GNU Project
- Description
- A Static Library, typically denoted by the file extensions `.a` on Unix-like systems or `.lib` on Windows, is a collection of compiled object code modules that are linked into applications during the build process, rather than being loaded dynamically at runtime. This type of library contains a set of routines, external functions and variables, which are resolved and incorporated into the final executable file by a linker.
- It's a TAR archive file compressed using GNU zip compression codec. Mainly used by Linux OS to package programs, files, and installers.
- MIME Type
- application/x-sharedlib
- application/gzip
