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title: "What’s the difference between private and shared assembly?"  
description: "What’s the difference between private and shared assembly?"  
author: "Varun Agrawal"  
published: 2011-03-18  
updated: 2020-09-18  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/interview/500/what-s-the-difference-between-private-and-shared-assembly  
category: "assembly"  
tags: ["assembly"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What’s the difference between private and shared assembly?

Private assembly is used inside an application only and does not have to be identified by a strong name. Shared assembly can be used by multiple applications and has to have a strong name.

## Answers

### Answer by Varun Agrawal

Private assembly is used inside an application only and does not have to be identified by a strong name. Shared assembly can be used by multiple applications and has to have a strong name.


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