Static library

Hey kiddo! Have you ever played with building blocks before? Think of a static library like a big box of building blocks, but instead of blocks, it has pieces of code that a computer can use to build a program!

When a computer wants to build a program, it first looks for these pieces of code that it needs from the static library. It's like taking out the pieces of building blocks you need to build something specific.

Once the computer has found all the pieces of code it needs, it puts them together to make the program. Just like building blocks, you can reuse the same pieces of code from the static library in different programs.

The word "static" means that the pieces of code are fixed, meaning they can't be changed when the program is running. It's like building a Lego toy set - once you've glued the pieces together, you can't change them anymore.

So, a static library is a collection of fixed pieces of code that a computer can use to build programs. It's like a big box of building blocks that a computer uses to build something new every time!