A dynamic-link library (DLL) is a shared library in the Microsoft Windows or OS/2 operating system. A DLL can contain executable code (functions), data...
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In computing, a dynamic linker is the part of an operating system that loads and links the shared libraries needed by an executable when it is executed...
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Dynamic linking or late binding allows for using a dynamic library by linking program library references with the associated objects in the library either...
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program with information that supports run-time linking to a dynamic link library (DLL). For dynamic linking, a compatible DLL file must be available to the...
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offset determined at compile-time/link-time. Historically, all library linking was static, but today dynamic linking is an alternative and entails inherent...
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the code. A library can be provided as static, dynamic, or both. A program that uses a static library is statically linked with the library; a program...
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elimination Dynamic dispatch Dynamic library Dynamic linker Dynamic loading Dynamic-link library External variable Library Loader Name decoration Prelinking...
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Dynamic loading is a mechanism by which a computer program can, at run time, load a library (or other binary) into memory, retrieve the addresses of functions...
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FFI is often used in contexts where calls are made into a binary dynamic-link library. The term comes from the specification for Common Lisp, which explicitly...
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Windows.h (category C (programming language) libraries)
be linked to each static library that either contains the function code or more commonly defines runtime, dynamic linking to a system dynamic link library...
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MinGW (section Link compatibility)
MinGW does not rely on third-party C runtime dynamic-link library (DLL) files, and because the runtime libraries are not distributed using the GNU General...
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replaced without redeploying the entire application (e.g. Microsoft's Dynamic-link library (DLL); Sun/UNIX shared object files). Some object messaging capabilities...
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Rpath (redirect from Rpath (linking))
executable file or library. Dynamic linking loaders use the rpath to find required libraries. Specifically, it encodes a path to shared libraries into the header...
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SAP Logon Ticket (section Dynamic link library)
can be used for an authentication via http header variable and a Dynamic Link Library for verifying SSO Tickets in 3rd party software which can be used...
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Loader (computing) (category Computer libraries)
hell Dynamic-link library Dynamic dead-code elimination Dynamic dispatch Dynamic library Dynamic linker Dynamic loading GNU linker gold (linker) Late...
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Security Support Providers (SSPs): A Security Support Provider is a dynamic-link library (DLL) that makes one or more security packages available to apps...
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in UEFI environments. It is used for native executables (.exe), dynamic link libraries (.dll, .ocx), system drivers (.sys), object code (.obj) and many...
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Linkable Format (ELF, formerly named Extensible Linking Format) is a common standard file format for executable files, object code, shared libraries,...
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executable files, shared and dynamically linked libraries CMD file (CP/M) Dynamic-link library – Sharable executable library in Windows and OS/2 ".EXE File...
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by Object Linking and Embedding (OLE), and is currently maintained in Windows systems only for the sake of backward compatibility. Dynamic Data Exchange...
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global financial solutions company Doubly linked list, a data structure in computer programming Dynamic-link library, or a DLL file, as implemented in Microsoft...
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accessing Windows API and other low-level functionality through dynamic-link libraries (DLLs). It supersedes and expands on the abilities of earlier application-specific...
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linked list vs. a dynamic array, because if the people are viewed as connected nodes in a circular linked list, then it shows how easily the linked list...
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environment, IDE, for moderate to advanced users of Windows and OS/2. Dynamic-link libraries (DLLs) are available. In its current version, it runs only on Microsoft...
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directories called Local, LocalLow, and Roaming under \Users\\AppData?". "Dynamic-Link Library Search Order". MSDN. Microsoft. Retrieved 2 September 2015. "Windows...
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GUI-applications, console applications, DLLs (dynamic link libraries), and CGI-programs. It can also link to COM components and to databases by means of...
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OpenCV (category C++ libraries)
image-processing software environment, with C function libraries, a Component Object Model (COM) based dynamic-link library (DLL), and two utility programs for algorithm...
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contains compiled versions of these libraries known as dynamically-linked libraries (.dll), which are executable libraries that can be used by multiple programs...
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at one end and the final mixdown at the other end. A Device is a dynamic link library that only generates sound; it has no user interface. A Panel is a...
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DLL hell (category Computer libraries)
umbrella term for the complications that arise when one works with dynamic-link libraries (DLLs) used with older Microsoft Windows operating systems, particularly...
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