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Linker vs Preprocessor - What's the difference?

linker | preprocessor |

As nouns the difference between linker and preprocessor

is that linker is that which links while preprocessor is program that processes its input data to produce output that is used as input to another program.

As a verb linker

is to ligate a DNA segment using a linker.

linker

English

Noun

(wikipedia linker) (en noun)
  • That which links.
  • (computer science) a computer program that takes one or more objects generated by compilers and assembles them into a single executable program.
  • (genetics) A short oligonucleotide containing a recognition sequence for a restriction enzyme, used to blunt the ends of sticky DNA segments.
  • (grammar) A word that serves to link other elements.
  • (finance, informal) A linked bond, one for which the principal is indexed to inflation.

    • Synonyms

    * link editor

    Derived terms

    * linker DNA

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (genetics) To ligate a DNA segment using a .
  • * 1994 , Ray Shillito et al., "Zea mays plants regenerated from protoplasts or protoplast-derived cells", US Patent 5770450, page 52:
    • 38. The plasmid pRK252 Km is cut with ecoRI, blunt-ended using Klenow, and linkered with BgIII linkers (New England Biolabs).
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    preprocessor

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia preprocessor) (en noun)
  • (computing) program that processes its input data to produce output that is used as input to another program