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=Dynamically-linked Libraries= |
=Dynamically-linked Libraries= |
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Dynamically-linked libraries are libraries that are contained in a file separate from an application's primary executable, and are loaded at [[run-time]]. This has the benefit of allowing multiple programs use of the same code both on disk and in memory, saving space. It also allows a program to load additional, optional or interchangeable portions of itself into memory at runtime. |
Dynamically-linked libraries are libraries that are contained in a file separate from an application's primary executable, and are loaded at [[run time|run-time]]. This has the benefit of allowing multiple programs use of the same code both on disk and in memory, saving space. It also allows a program to load additional, optional or interchangeable portions of itself into memory at runtime. |
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On Windows, these files are known as, naturally enough, as '''Dynamically-Linked Libraries''', from which their file extension '''DLL''' is derived. |
On Windows, these files are known as, naturally enough, as '''Dynamically-Linked Libraries''', from which their file extension '''DLL''' is derived. |
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