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li·brar·y / ˈlīˌbrerē; -brərē/ • n. (pl. -brar·ies) a building or room containing collections of books, periodicals, and sometimes films and recorded music for people to read, borrow, or refer to: a school library [as adj.] a library book. ∎  a collection of books and periodicals held in such a building or room: the Institute houses an outstanding library of 35,000 volumes on the fine arts. ∎  a collection of films, recorded music, genetic material, etc., organized systematically and kept for research or borrowing: a record library. ∎  a series of books, recordings, etc., issued by the same company and similar in appearance. ∎  a room in a private house where books are kept. ∎  (also software library) Comput. a collection of programs and software packages made generally available, often loaded and stored on disk for immediate use.

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