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Dynamic-link library
(also written as
D
ynamic
L
ink
L
ibrary or
DLL
), is
Microsoft
's implementation of
shared libraries
used by the
Microsoft Windows
operating systems
. These libraries usually have the
file extension
DLL
,
OCX
(for libraries containing
ActiveX
controls), or
DRV
(for Windows legacy
system drivers
).
Any of the
Microsoft Windows
data
files
having the same
file format
as that of the
Dynamic-link library
can be called a
resource DLL
. Examples of such DLLs include
icon
libraries
, sometimes having the extension
ICL
, and the
font
files, having the extensions
FON
and
FOT
.