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=== HAL.DLL ===
[[File:Windows_2000_architecture.svg|thumb|The Hardware Abstraction Layer in the [[architecture of Windows NT]]]]
The Windows [[Hardware Abstraction Layer]] (HAL) is implemented in '''hal.dll'''.<ref>{{cite book|author=Blunden, Bill|title=The Rootkit Arsenal: Escape and Evasion in the Dark Corners of the System|publisher=Jones & Bartlett Learning|year=2009|isbn=978-1-59822-061-2|page=101|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DF5AhCOLFrgC&pg=PA101}}</ref> 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]]. Other components in the [[operating system]] can then call these functions in the same way on all platforms, without regard for the actual implementation.
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