microlibrary

noun — 2 senses

microlibrary

noun

Etymology From micro- + library.

1

A very small library (collection of books or similar resources).

  • We imagined a microlibrary which would be a well organized digital collection of resources, focused specifically on our project, and employing both traditional library cataloging and organization, and the folksonomy made possible by user-generated tagging.2011, Charles Wankel, Educating Educators with Social Media, page 291:
2

Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences A compact, minimalistic library (set of routines).

  • If you were to take a library like jQuery and pull it apart into all its different functions, it would form a bunch of microlibraries.2012, Tim Wright, Learning JavaScript:
  • You should certainly explore the wealth of microlibraries available in the community and use the ones that solve your problems.2014, Eric Elliott, Programming JavaScript Applications:

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