What is GAC? What are the steps to create an assembly and add it to the GAC?

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The global assembly cache (GAC) is a machine-wide code cache that stores assemblies specifically designated to be shared by several applications on the computer.and You should share assemblies by installing them into the global assembly cache only when you need to.
Steps
- Create a strong name using sn.exe tool eg: sn -k mykey.snk
- in AssemblyInfo.cs, add the strong name eg: [assembly: AssemblyKeyFile("mykey.snk")]
- recompile project, and then install it to GAC in two ways :·and and and and and and and and  drag and drop it to assembly folder (C:\WINDOWS\assembly OR C:\WINNT\assembly) (shfusion.dll tool)·and and and and and and and and  gacutil -i abc.dll

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What is GAC? What are the steps to create an assembly and add it to the GAC?

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