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DLL hell en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (informal, uncountable) Problems caused by incompatible versions of a DLL (dynamic-link library).
   • A more succinct way to say this is that the versioning the CLR enforces for strong-named assemblies means the end of DLL hell. 2002, David Chappell, Understanding .NET: A Tutorial and Analysis:
   • Another feature of Windows 2000 or later Windows operating systems that deals with DLL Hell is file protection: system DLLs are protected... 2006, Nagel et al, Professional C# 2005

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callback hell · dependency hell