Global Assembly Cache

[smithcarvo]

Hi all,

Can Any One Help Me,What is Global Assembly Cache (GAC) and what is the purpose of it?

I will highly appreciate your feed back.

Thanks in advance.

[CallMeLee]

Global Assembly Cache, aka the GAC, is a special folder in Windows where managed assemblies (.dll files) are placed so that they can be utilized by all applications.

Managed assemblies are .dll files created using a .Net programming language like C# or VB.Net

Hope that helps!