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## DSO
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Dynamic shared object, an shared library file (.so/.dylib/.dll, the extension of
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Dynamic shared object, a shared library file (.so/.dylib/.dll, the extension of
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which depends on the platform) to be used by multiple applications while they
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is platform-dependent. Loaders update GOT relocations either on
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Additionally, IRGen makes heavy usage of "GOT" as in "GOT-equivalent variable"
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to describe the way it forms references to global objects that may or may not be external references.
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## iff
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["if and only if"](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If_and_only_if). This term comes from mathematics.

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