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| Global Assembly Cache
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| Definition
| GAC is an area of memory reserved for storing the assemblies of all .NET applications running on a given computer. The GAC is required by side-by-side execution as well as for sharing assemblies among multiple .NET applications. An assembly must have a strong name and be public—shared assembly—to be installed in the GAC. The Global Assembly Cache Tool adds and removes assemblies from the GAC.
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| See also
| Assembly cache, Download cache, Global Assembly Cache Tool, Local assembly cache
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