Anatomy of an Assembly
Figure 3.1 shows the major parts of an assembly.
Figure 3.1. Parts of an assembly.
Let's look at each of these parts in detail.
Modules
Technically, an assembly is not limited to just one PE file; it may contain more than one PE file, each referred to as a module.
A module is uniquely identified by a GUID called the module version ID (MVID). This extra level of indirection makes it possible to change the module filename while keeping a record of the original filename. The MVID is automatically generated by the compiler.
It should be noted that the most common case for an assembly is to contain just a single module. In this ...
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