--- title: "A Role of Global Assembly Cache in the .NET framework" description: "As we know that A global assembly cache (GAC) is a machine-wide code cache that stores assemblies specifically designated to be shared by several appl" author: "Pushpendra Singh" published: 2010-12-07 updated: 2020-02-20 canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/blog/68/a-role-of-global-assembly-cache-in-the-dot-net-framework category: ".net" tags: [".net"] reading_time: 1 minute --- # A Role of Global Assembly Cache in the .NET framework As we know that A [global assembly](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/158570/what-is-the-global-assembly-cache-gac-and-how-is-it-used-in-dot-net) [cache](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/222/clearing-cache-in-asp-dot-net) (GAC) is a machine-wide [code](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/85458/alan-turing-the-mastermind-behind-cracking-the-enigma-code-during-world-war-ii) cache that [stores](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/161350/how-does-sqlite-database-stores-tables) assemblies specifically designated to be [shared](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/155587/what-is-shared-assembly) by several [applications](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/12847/how-to-choose-the-right-ethernet-cable-for-industrial-applications) on the computer. A Global Assembly Cache in the .NET [framework](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/34615/software-framework-vs-library) provides a central place for registering assemblies. Those assemblies once registered are then available to all applications for usage. Where a GAC(Global assembly cache) is nothing but a special [disk](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/159412/disk-full-error-on-a-linux-server-how-to-identify-which-directory-is-consuming-the-most-space) folder where all the shared assemblies will be kept. This is located under : WinNTAssembly folder. --- Original Source: https://www.mindstick.com/blog/68/a-role-of-global-assembly-cache-in-the-dot-net-framework Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.