Chapter 30. DYNAMIC LINK LIBRARIES
Dynamic link libraries (DLLs) provide an important facility within the Windows operating system. DLLs provide the ability to plug prewritten modules into the operating system, allowing applications to share common code, modularize commonly used functions, and provide extendibility. The Windows operating system itself is comprised mostly of DLLs, and any application that makes use of the Win32 API is making use of the DLL facility. An application can gain the use of procedures located within a DLL by two methods: loadtime dynamic linking and runtime dynamic linking.
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