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title: "What is assembly"  
description: "What is assembly"  
author: "yash Singh"  
published: 2010-11-10  
updated: 2010-11-11  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/forum/93/what-is-assembly  
category: "c#"  
tags: ["c#"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What is assembly

[Explain](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/157854/what-is-system-debugging-explain-some-system-debugging-tools-used-in-modern-computer-systems) how many type of [assembly](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/25/global-assembly-cache) we can use

## Replies

### Reply by Pushpendra Singh

An assembly is a collection of one or more .exe or dll’s. An assembly is the fundamental unit for application development and deployment in the .NET Framework. An assembly contains a collection of types and resources that are built to work together and form a logical unit of functionality. An assembly provides the CLR with the information it needs to be aware of type implementations.\
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**Assemblies can be private or shared.** A private assembly is installed in the installation directory of an application and is accessible to that application only. On the other hand, a shared assembly is shared by multiple applications. A shared assembly has a strong name and is installed in the GAC.\
We also have satellite assemblies that are often used to deploy language-specific resources for an application.

We also have satellite assemblies that are often used to deploy language-specific resources for an application.\
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