What is the difference between an EXE and a DLL?

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What is the difference between an EXE and a DLL?..

Answer / madhuri

EXE file is a excutable file which runs in a seperate
process which is managed by OS,where as a DLL file is a
dynamic link library which can be used in exe files and
other dll files.
In .net frame work both are assemblies.

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What is the difference between an EXE and a DLL?..

Answer / sivaprasad

DLL:
1)it has versioning
2)it is not self executable
3)it runs in application process memory
4)it has no entry point
5)it is reusable

Exe:
1)it is self executable
2)it has no versioning
3)it runs in own memory
4)it have main function(Entry point)
5)it is self executable

Note:DLL is Superset of Exe

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What is the difference between an EXE and a DLL?..

Answer / selvavelan.s

EXE file has Entry point, but in dll no Entry point.

Is This Answer Correct ?    67 Yes 9 No

What is the difference between an EXE and a DLL?..

Answer / govardhan

EXE is a Self Executable File where as dll is not self
executable file,To run dll file we need a exe file

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What is the difference between an EXE and a DLL?..

Answer / apekshit sharma

The full form of EXE is Executable file and DLL is Dynamic
Link Library.

Is This Answer Correct ?    59 Yes 16 No

What is the difference between an EXE and a DLL?..

Answer / shahid

DLL:
1)it has versioning
2)it is not self executable
3)it runs in application process memory
4)it has no entry point
5)it is reusable
6)Out Process Server

Exe:
1)it is self executable
2)it has no versioning
3)it runs in own memory
4)it have main function(Entry point)
5)it is self executable
6) In Process Server

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What is the difference between an EXE and a DLL?..

Answer / ravindra singh moyal

The full form of EXE is Executable file and DLL is Dynamic
Link Library.

Is This Answer Correct ?    29 Yes 6 No

What is the difference between an EXE and a DLL?..

Answer / khushbu

exe has a main function but dll does not

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What is the difference between an EXE and a DLL?..

Answer / ramakanth

Exe....is self executable
dll....is not self executable.it uses another dll or exe to
execute

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What is the difference between an EXE and a DLL?..

Answer / debmalya kundu

DLL:
1)it has versioning
2)it is not self executable
3)it runs in application process memory
4)it has no entry point
5)it is reusable

Exe:
1)it is self executable
2)it has no versioning
3)it runs in own memory
4)it have main function(Entry point)
5)it is self executable

Is This Answer Correct ?    13 Yes 0 No

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