What does = "GetEnvironmentVariableA@12" mean?

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Azathoth
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Its a name-decoration for the stdcall calling convention, when making the DLL some compilers allow you to remove it or redefine the name without it.

Edit: Most times Extern "Win32" will get the name right anyway, you really only need the "GetEnvironmentVariableA@12" if you want to name the function something different.