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Microsoft Visual C++ (MSVC) is a compiler for the C, C++, C++/CLI and C++/CX programming languages by Microsoft.MSVC is proprietary software; it was originally a standalone product but later became a part of Visual Studio and made available in both trialware and freeware forms.
Freely redistributable software (FRS) is software that anyone is free to redistribute. The term has been used to mean two types of free to redistribute software, distinguished by the legal modifiability and limitations on purpose of use of the software.
The following are commercial games that were once released as free downloads but were not freely redistributable software. Airborne Ranger (1988), a stealth 2D game by MicroProse . It was released as freeware by Atari to promote Airborne Rangers .
Microsoft Foundation Class Library (MFC) is a C++ object-oriented library for developing desktop applications for Windows.. MFC was introduced by Microsoft in 1992 and quickly gained widespread use.
The Hardware Abstraction Layer in the architecture of Windows NT. The Windows Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) is implemented in hal.dll. [1] The HAL implements a number of functions that are implemented in different ways by different hardware platforms, which in this context, refers mostly to the chipset.
Microsoft XNA Framework is based on the native implementation of .NET Compact Framework 2.0 for Xbox 360 development and .NET Framework 2.0 on Windows. It includes an extensive set of class libraries, specific to game development, to promote maximum code reuse across target platforms.
On May 23, 2005, Brad Rhodes (Lead Program Manager of Microsoft Data Access Technologies) announced that MDAC 2.8 SP1 was the last stand-alone redistributable of MDAC that Microsoft will ship. MDAC is now an official component of the Microsoft's operating system, though they will be providing ongoing bug and security fixes to previously ...
Download of MSLU redistributable (UNICOWS.DLL) Known bugs in each released MSLU version — formerly maintained by Michael Scott Kaplan, an employee of Microsoft who was the principal developer and maintainer for MSLU. (Kaplan 2005)