The terms {\it DLL} and {\it shared library/object} will both be used in the
documentation to refer to the same thing: a {\tt .dll} file under Windows or
{\tt .so} or {\tt .sl} one under Unix.
The terms {\it DLL} and {\it shared library/object} will both be used in the
documentation to refer to the same thing: a {\tt .dll} file under Windows or
{\tt .so} or {\tt .sl} one under Unix.