What Is a Standalone Program?

A program module is a level of independent, identifiable program instructions that can be processed by the assembler, compiler, loader, or translator as a whole. It is an integral part of large program instructions. In Windows, the term "module" generally refers to any collection of executable code and data that can be loaded into memory and run. More specifically, a module refers to an .EXE file (also known as an application module), or a dynamic link library (DLL Dynamic Linking Library, also known as a dynamic link library module or DLL module), or a device A driver may also be a data resource contained in one program that can be accessed by another program. The term module is also used to refer to a self-contained piece of program.

Program module

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The program module

In Windows, the term "module" generally refers to anything that can be loaded into memory and run

Windows itself consists of several related modules. Windows API functions are implemented by several dynamic link library modules that are loaded into memory when Windows starts. The three main modules are USER.EXE (for window management, etc.), KERNEL.EXE (for multi-tasking of memory management), and GDI.EXE (graphics device interface, for graphic output, etc.).