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<p>In <a href="page.php?w=computing">computing</a>, <b>position-independent code</b> (<b>PIC</b>) or <b>position-independent executable</b> (<b>PIE</b>) is a body of <a href="page.php?w=machine_code">machine code</a> that executes properly regardless of its <a href="page.php?w=memory_address">memory address</a>. PIC is commonly used for <a href="page.php?w=shared_library">shared libraries</a>, so that the same library code can be loaded at a location in each program's address space where it does not overlap with other memory in use by, for example,</p><p>
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