Microsoft Windows Library Files
The Microsoft Windows operating system supports a form of shared libraries known as dynamic-link libraries, which are code libraries that can be used by multiple processes while only being loaded once into memory. This article provides an overview of the core libraries that are included with every modern Windows installation, on top of which most Windows applications are built.
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