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The linker combines multiple object files and libraries into a single executable, resolving symbol references and assigning final memory addresses.

Name mangling (name decoration) encodes C++ function signatures into unique symbol names for the linker. This enables function overloading and namespaces while maintaining linkage compatibility.

Object files (.o, .obj) are compiled but not yet linked binary files containing machine code, data, and metadata for the linker.