Difference between Namespace and Assembly in VB.NET

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Hi What is VB.NET. What is Difference between Namespace and Assembly ?

Satyapriya Nayak · Answer

Hi Arun Namespace: 1. It is a Collection of names wherein each name is Unique. 2. They form the logical boundary for a Group of classes. 3. Namespace must be specified in Project-Properties. Assembly: 1. It is an Output Unit. It is a unit of Deployment & a unit of versioning. Assemblies contain MSIL code. 2. Assemblies are Self-Describing. [e.g. metadatamanifest] 3. An assembly is the primary building block of a .NET Framework application. It is a collection of functionality that is built versioned and deployed as a single implementation unit (as one or more files). All managed types and resources are marked either as accessible only within their implementation unit or by code outside that unit. Please refer the below link http://weblogs.asp.net/varad/archive/2005/09/02/424325.aspx Thanks

Muralidharan Deenathayalan · Answer

Namespaces are logical seperation where as assemblies are physical seperation. http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/uploadfile/prvn_131971/namespaces-and-assemblies-in-C-Sharp/