.Popular Program executable file extension list:
.msi - Microsoft Windows Installer installation package file
.exe - Executable file
.lnk - Windows Shortcut
.chm - Microsoft compiled HTML help file
.shs - Microsoft Windows Shell Scrap Object
.jar - Compressed archive file package for Java classes and data
.cod - Blackberry compiled Java code
file extension DLL - Dynamic Link Library file
.DLLFile extension DLL description:
A file containing runtime routines for use with program files. This file is part of an application or Microsoft Windows. This file will be used by the application or Microsoft Windows. You can find who created this file by right clicking on the file, choosing Properties, and selecting the Version tab.A dynamic-link library (DLL) is a module that contain functions and data that can be used by another module (application or DLL).
A DLL can define two kinds of functions: exported and internal. The exported functions are intended to be called by other modules, as well as from within the DLL where they are defined. Internal functions are typically intended to be called only from within the DLL where they are defined. Although a DLL can export data, its data is generally used only by its functions. However, there is nothing to prevent another module from reading or writing that address.
DLLs provide a way to modularize applications so that their functionality can be updated and reused more easily. DLLs also help reduce memory overhead when several applications use the same functionality at the same time, because although each application receives its own copy of the DLL data, the applications share the DLL code.
The Windows application programming interface (API) is implemented as a set of DLLs, so any process that uses the Windows API uses dynamic linking.
Mime: application/x-msdownloadMime: application/x-msdos-program
Associated applications to file extension DLL:
Company / developer:
Microsoft Corporation
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a family of operating systems by Microsoft. They can run on several types of platforms such as servers, embedded devices and, most typically, on personal computers. Microsoft first introduced an operating environment named Windows in November 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing trend of graphical user interfaces (GUI) popularized by the Macintosh. Microsoft Windows eventually came to dominate the world's personal computer market.