what is an assembly?
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Answer / m.d.mallikharjuna rao
An assembly is a file that is automatically generated by
the compiler upon successful compilation of every .NET
application. It can be either a Dynamic Link Library or an
executable file.
ASSEMBLIES ARE THE BUILDING OF DOTNET
FRAMEWORK ,FUNDAMENTAL UNIT OF DEPLOYMENT ,VERSON
CONTROL,REUSE, ACTIVATION SCOPING AND SECURITY PERMISSION
Diffrent Types of Assemblies:
1.PRIVATE
2.SHARED/PUBLIC
3.SATELLITE
4.DYNAMIC
5.SINGLE FILE ASSEMBLY
6.MULTYFILE ASSEMBLY
Fratures of Assembles:
1.Assemblies are self_describing.
2.Version dependencies are recorded inside manifest.
3.Assembliles can be loded side by side.
4.Applilcation isolation is endured using application
domains.
5.Installation can be as easy as copying the files that
belong to an assemly.
6.Assemblies can be shared or private.
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Answer / srinivasarao
assembly is set of resources and types,along with
metadata.About these resources and types it deploye as a
single unit.It contains 1.Metadata
2.manifast
3.MSIL
4.Type /Security information.
5.Resources
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Answer / chinna chowdary
asembly is nothing but .dll or .exe files
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Answer / ravisastri
assembly is the standard for components develoment with the
ms.dotnet.assemblies may exists or may not exists.
all these assemblies consists defination of
types ,versioning information of the
types,metadata,manifest.
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Answer / anjana
Assembly will generated for the project when it complies.
Each project have assembly either in .dll or .EXE format
Assembly file contains the IL, metadata , manifest(
information about the assembly version and other related
informations)
there are two types single file and multifile.
in multifile all (metadata, manifest, IL) in separate files.
while in single file all( IL, Manifest, Metadata) are in one
file.
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Answer / veeru
Its versioning deployment unit. it consists of assebly
manifest,Metadata.
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Answer / prabhat
assembly is the logical code of data,and self deployment unit,
in physical it exist either .dll or .exe,
it contains four major parts:
1. Menifest- additional information of regarding to assembly
2. Type metadata:-Data about data or structure of classes
3. MSIL code:- containing business logics
4. Set of Resource: information or resource of other assembly
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Assembly's are major building blocks of .net which is
generated by the language compiler.
Assemblies contains MSIL code,metadata,manifest,resource
information.
assemblies can be a .dll or .exe files
.dll assembly is called as library assemblies.
.exe assembly is called as process assemblies.
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Answer / rubanjames
assebly is a single deployment unit that contains all the
informations like dll and exe and MSIL
code,metadata,manifest,resource
information.
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