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assembly

The .dll file a .NET build produces: IL plus metadata.

An assembly is the unit of deployment and versioning in .NET: a file containing IL, metadata, and a manifest; an executable project's assembly is started through a small native launcher (apphost).

Examples

  • Building Tips.csproj leaves Tips.dll in bin/Debug/net10.0/.

See also

IL class library namespace
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