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{{Short description|Computing slang}} {{Lead too short|date=November 2024}} {{more sources needed|date=November 2024}} '''DLL hell''' is an umbrella term for the complications that arise when one works with [[dynamic-link library|dynamic-link libraries]] (DLLs) used with older [[Microsoft Windows]] [[operating system]]s,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/bb985026.aspx |title=Avoiding DLL Hell: Introducing Application Metadata in the Microsoft .NET Framework |publisher=Microsoft |date=October 2000}}</ref> particularly legacy [[16-bit Windows|16-bit editions]], which all run in a single memory space. DLL hell can appear in many different ways, wherein affected programs may fail to run correctly, if at all. It is the Windows ecosystem-specific form of the general concept [[dependency hell]].
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