Chapter 8, lesson 1: Creating Application Domains.

assembly - defn - a software component that support plug-and-play. A .NET assembly is a deployable unit. An assmebly is a logical DLL oe EXE and a manifest is a detailed description (metadata) of an assembly.

• Application Domain - a logical container. Allows mult. assemblies to run within a single process, but prevents them from accessing other assemblies' memories.
• App Domain - like a process - separate memory spaces + access to resources.
• App Domain - more efficient than processes - allow mult. assemblies to run in separate app domains, without overhead of launching separate processes.
• App domains - keep assemblies separate within a single process
• .NF - manages app domains. O.S - manages processes.
• Create an App Domain - AppDomain d = AppDomain.CerateDomain("NewDomain");
• Load Assembly into an App Domain -
• 1) AppDomain d = AppDomain.CreateDomain("NewDomain");
• 2) d.ExecuteAssembly("Assembly.exe");
• Unload an App Domain - AppDomain.Unload(d); - individual assemblies cannt be unloaded.