dll hell
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.62 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Problems caused by incompatible versions of a DLL (dynamic-link library).
Informal; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "A more succinct way to say this is that the versioning the CLR enforces for strong-named assemblies means the end of DLL hell."
- "Another feature of Windows 2000 or later Windows operating systems that deals with DLL Hell is file protection: system DLLs are protected..."