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Global Assembly Cache (GAC)

To share an assembly where any application can find it, it must be installed in the Global Assembly Cache (GAC). The GAC is a repository for shared assemblies. When the CLR attempts to load an assembly, it looks in the GAC even before it looks in the local application directory.