What is GAC ?

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.NET INTERVIEW QUESTIONS - What is GAC ?

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(What are situations when you register .NET assembly in GAC ?) GAC (Global Assembly Cache) is used where shared .NET assembly reside. GAC is used in the following situations :-
* If the application has to be shared among several application.
* If the assembly has some special security requirements like only administrators can remove the assembly. If the assembly is private then a simple delete of assembly the assembly file will remove the assembly.

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