title: What do 'statically linked' and 'dynamically linked' mean?
body: <p>I often hear the terms 'statically linked' and 'dynamically linked', often in reference to code written in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_%28programming_language%29" rel="noreferrer">C</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C++" rel="noreferrer">C++</a> or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_Sharp_%28programming_language%29" rel="noreferrer">C#</a>. What are they, what exactly are they talking about, and what are they linking?</p>