Linker
# Linker

Linker or linkers may refer to:

## Computing

* 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, the classic GNU Project's implementation of the Unix linker command ld
* 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 (born 1966), American actress
* Zita Linker (1917–2009), Israeli politician
* Eduard Linkers (1912–2004), an Austrian actor

## Biology

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

## Other uses

* Inflation-indexed bond or linker, bonds for which the principal is indexed to inflation
