A static library must be linked into the final executable; it becomes part of the executable and follows it wherever it goes. A dynamic library is loaded every time the executable is executed and remains separate from the executable as a DLL file.

What is static DLL?

A static library must be linked into the final executable; it becomes part of the executable and follows it wherever it goes. A dynamic library is loaded every time the executable is executed and remains separate from the executable as a DLL file.

What is the difference between static and dynamically linked libraries?

The main difference between static and dynamic linking is that static linking copies all library modules used in the program into the final executable file at the final step of the compilation while, in dynamic linking, the linking occurs at run time when both executable files and libraries are placed in the memory.