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Definition of Assembly

By David Bolton, About.com

Definition: On the .NET platform, an Assembly is a file of object code plus extra information which prevents version mismatches and increases security.

An assembly can be an Executable file- an EXE or a Dynamic Link Library, -a DLL.

Note: The machine code in an assembly is CIL which is compiled into executable machine code when the assembly is loaded into memory.

Glossary:

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Examples: My application needed three assemblies.

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