DLL Hell

In computing, DLL Hell is a term for the complications that arise when one works with dynamic-link libraries (DLLs) used with Microsoft Windows operating systems, particularly legacy 16-bit editions, which all run in a single memory space.

DLL Hell can manifest itself in many different ways wherein applications neither launch nor work correctly.

DLL Hell is the Windows ecosystem-specific form of the general concept dependency hell.

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