Explain assemblies
An assembly is a single deployable unit that having all the information about the implementation of :
- classes
- structures and
- interfaces
An assembly keeps all the information about itself. This information is known as METADATA and include the name and the verison number of the assembly, security information, information about the dependencies and a lost of files that comprise the assembly.
All the application developed using the .NET framework are made up of assemblies.
Namespaces are also kept in assemblies.