images\purify_sml.gifimages\quantify_sml.gifstatically linked library

Library code can be incorporated directly into an executable file or other dynamic-link libraries (DLLs) by linking against a library file. These files typically have a .lib extension. In a statically linked library, the code from the library is replicated at link-time into each module that uses it, and is not shared. Some library files contain only import data structures, these files are used for implicit loading of DLLs and contain no code.

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