MinGW creating dll.a files ? What type of library files are those?

MinGW creating dll.a files ? What type of library files are those?

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Is it possible to identify the library that correspond to certain header files?

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How do I build OpenSSL statically linked against Windows runtime?

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Undefined references using GLUT with MinGW

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What is usefulness of .lib file generated while compiling the dll projects, can i use it for static linking? [duplicate]

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Cython static link with python runtime?

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