What can become lost or damaged on a computer and prevent it from working correctly?

The correct answer is: DLL Files.

Explanation:

The DLL files, abbreviated by their name in English Dynamic Link Library, known in Spanish as Dynamic Link Libraries, consist of a series of files consisting of executable code and other parts of an app, which make it possible to use the applications that we have installed on the PC.

When we order our team to execute a program, without our noticing, the operating system automatically loads the corresponding DLL library so that the application or function included in the app is executed.

One of the most important advantages that DLL files or dynamic link libraries offer us, is that thanks to their implementation, the size of the executable files of the applications has been significantly reduced, since a large portion of the executable codes of the Programs can be stored in these DLL files, such as graphics, audio, text, typography and all other elements used by the app, so that a greater organization of processes is obtained, which results in better performance of the app, and therefore the overall performance of the computer.

However, DLL files also offer other very interesting advantages, more related to the overall performance of the PC, since for example, many times the same dynamic link library or DLL can be used by different programs, such as In the case of the so-called MFC, they usually use a large number of applications that run on the Windows operating system.

DLL files also allow you to increase memory utilization and facilitate management through the application of certain algorithms that help improve operating system performance and increase speed during the execution of applications that use the same DLL libraries, since that have been loaded before.