ASSEMBLY

Assembly

An assembly in the Common Language Infrastructure is a compiled code library used for deployment, versioning, and security. There are two types: process assemblies and library assemblies . A process assembly represents a process that will use classes defined in library assemblies. CLI assemblies contain code in CIL, which is usually generated from a CLI language, and then compiled into machine language at run time by the just-in-time compiler. In the .NET framework implementation, this compiler is part of the Common Language Runtime .

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assembly

Noun

  1. A set of pieces that work together in unison as a mechanism or device.
    ''In order to change the bearing, you must first remove the gearbox assembly.
  2. The act of putting together such set of pieces.
    ''instructions for assembly
    assembly line
  3. A congregation of people in one place for a purpose.
    school assembly
    freedom of assembly
  4. A legislative body.
    the of the United Nations
  5. A beat of the drum or sound of the bugle as a signal to troops to assemble.
  6. Short for assembly language
  7. In Microsoft .NET, a building block of an application, similar to a DLL, but containing both executable code and information normally found in a DLL's type library. The type library information in an assembly, called a manifest, describes public functions, data, classes, and version information.


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