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Dynamic Link Library

nounid 2379·updated May 9, 2026
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A collection of small programs, any of which can be called when needed by a larger program that is running in the computer. The small program that lets the larger program communicate with a specific device such as a printer or scanner is often packaged as a DLL program (usually referred to as a DLL file).

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Entity Type

System85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

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unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
Dynamic Link Libraries
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Dynamic Link Library's
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Dynamic Link Libraries'

Framework definitions

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A collection of small programs, any of which can be called when needed by a larger program that is running in the computer. The small program that lets the larger program communicate with a specific device such as a printer or scanner is often packaged as a DLL program (usually referred to as a DLL file).

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