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ON LOADED VS. EXECUTED LIBRARIES DURING RUNTIME – WHAT THIS MEANS FOR REACHABILITY

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Applications have different mechanisms for importing dependencies. Executed libraries are dependencies that actually run. Library loading is when a dependency is imported and loaded into memory prior to usage. Runtime tracing can determine library usage.