What is an EXE and a DLL?

 

EXE:

1. It's a executable file
2. When loading an executable, no export is called, but only the module entry point.
3. When a system launches new executable, a new process is created
4. The entry thread is called in context of main thread of that process.

DLL:

1. It's a Dynamic Link Library
2. There are multiple exported symbols.
3. The system loads a DLL into the context of an existing process.

EXE is an executable file where as DLL is dynamic link library.

 

EXE is an file format which can be run as a program on the computer for example BitTorrent.exe

 

DLL file is a type of file that contains instructions that other programs can call upon to do certain things .

 

Unlike executable programs, like those with the exe file extension, DLL files can't be run directly but instead must be called upon by other code that is already running. However, DLLs are in the same format as EXEs and some may even use the .EXE file extension.

Hi Shradda Patel,

 

EXE stands for executable file,When loading an executable, no export is called, but only the module entry point. When a system launches new executable, a new process is created.The entry thread is called in context of main thread of that process.

 

DLL stands for Dynamic Link Library. Here are multiple exported symbols. The system loads a DLL into the context of an existing process.

 

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