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Does the GAC hold copies the actual assembly dll files?

Does the GAC hold copies the actual physical assembly dll files or GAC just holds reference to assembly files? or
Is it that the CODEBASE points to the actual physical file?
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Holds the copy of the actual DLLs.

You need to overwrite them when you have a new version.
FYI: Directory is %windir%\assembly
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if it holds the actual copy then why does codebase saves location from where the actual file was dragged and dropped in assembly folder?
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The Wikipedia link below ihas explained it better.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Assembly_Cache