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Definition of Resources

By David Bolton, About.com

Definition: On the Win 32 platform and .NET framework, Resources is the name for the non executable parts of any application and includes text strings, version information and graphical images such as icons, bitmaps and cursors.

It can also be used to refer to the System Resources of an Operating System, to describe free memory and/or disk space.

Glossary:

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Examples:
I added a new logo to the resource file for my application.
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