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How Libraries (DLL's) Work

Explanation
In this article, we'll learn a bit about how libraries (files with the .dll extension on Windows) work, including why are .dll's necessary, and why some problems that occur with them.
Image Viewer

Definition
An application that opens and display image files.
User-Moderated

Definition
A forum where users can become moderators, as opposed to moderators always being part of the staff of the website.
Forum

Definition
A website where you can talk to other people by replying to topics posted by them.
Administrator

Definition
Someone who manages a computer or an online community.
Sudoer

Definition
An administrator-level user on Linux, more specifically, a user that can execute the sudo command.
Chronological Order

Definition
Sorting a list of items according to a date or time associated with each item, e.g. from newest item to oldest item.
Fan Clubs

Definition
A social media website where users can post in forums called "clubs," and create their own forum for an one-time fee of $29.99.
Instance (on Decentralized Social Media)

Definition
An instance is typically the website you create your account with, which is built with a decentralized social media technology, such as Mastodon, Lemmy, or Peertube.
Post Date Link

Definition
A post date link is a link to the URL of a post on blogs and social media that appears as the date of the post on a feed.
Full Resolution Thumbnail Without Full Resolution Image Link

Definition
On the web, it's possible to display an image on a webpage downscaled without making clicking on it display the image in its full resolution. This is an usability bug.
Pose Maniacs

Definition
A free pose and anatomy reference website for artists and illustrators.
Note: Nemo Silently Fails to Move a File From a Directory You Can Read But Not Write

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If you try to move a file by cutting and pasting from one directory to another, it will silently fail if you don't have write permission on the directory where the file is contained.
Group (on Linux)

Definition
A group is a way to categorize multiple users in the operating system.
Note: If You Rename a Folder and Open It Too Fast You Get an Error on Nemo

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On Nemo, if you create a new folder, give it a name and confirm it by pressing the Enter key, and try to open it by pressing the Enter key again very quickly, you get an error as Nemo tries to open the folder with according to its old name despite the fact you just renamed it.
Search Box that Goes to Google

Definition
A search box on a website that just opens Google with the site: operator applied to the website's domain.
Tildes

Definition
A social media website with upvotes, downvotes, threaded comments, and tags where users can post links and topics to be discussed as threads.
PieFed

Definition
A fediverse-based Reddit clone.
Mbin

Definition
A fediverse-based Reddit clone based on the discontinued Kbin.
Discuit

Definition
Centralized social media website with upvotes, downvotes, and threaded comments that is funded by donations.