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'''Boost''' is a set of [[library (computing)|libraries]] for the [[C++]] programming language that provides support for tasks and structures such as [[linear algebra]], [[pseudorandom number generator|pseudorandom number generation]], multithreading, [[image processing]], [[regular expression]]s, and [[unit testing]]. It contains 164 individual libraries (as of version 1.76).<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.boost.org/doc/libs/?view=condensed | title=List of Boost libraries}}</ref>

All of the Boost libraries are [[software license|licensed]] under the [[#License|Boost Software License]], designed to allow Boost to be used with both [[free software|free]] and [[proprietary software]] projects.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Boost Software License|url=https://www.boost.org/users/license.html|access-date=2022-01-06|website=www.boost.org}}</ref> Many of Boost's founders are on the [[ISO/IEC 14882|C++ standards]] committee, and several Boost libraries have been accepted for incorporation into the [[C++ Technical Report 1]], the [[C++11]] standard (e.g. smart pointers, thread, regex, random, ratio, tuple)<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/library_technical_report.html | title=Library Technical Report | publisher=JTC1/SC22/WG21 - The C++ Standards Committee | date=2 July 2003 | access-date=1 February 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2006/n2090.html | title=A Threading API for C++}}</ref> and the [[C++17]] standard (e.g. filesystem, any, optional, variant, string_view).<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://stackoverflow.com/a/8852421/2006632 | title=StackOverflow.com site}}</ref>

The Boost community emerged around 1998, when the first version of the standard was released. It has grown continuously since then and now plays a big role in the standardization of C++. Even though there is no formal relationship between the Boost community and the standardization committee, some of the developers are active in both groups.