Assembly (programming)

In computer programming an assembly is a runtime unit consisting of types and other resources.

In large designs, an assembly may consist of multiple files that are held together by a manifest (i.e. a table of contents).

In C#, an assembly is the smallest deployment unit used, and is a component in .NET.

A speciality of Java is to create a *.class file for each class, which is not the case in C#.

The creation can be activated by compiler switches, like csc /addmodule:Y.netmodule A.cs that yields a new A.exe with Y added to this assembly.