Multi-Module Assemblies
An assembly can be made up of multiple modules. A module is a DLL (or EXE) that contains managed code plus metadata, but not necessarily a manifest. However, an assembly must have one, and only one, manifest. Hence, an assembly can contain multiple modules, but only one of those modules can have a manifest that provides information on the contents of all the modules in the assembly. The module with the manifest may have just the manifest, or it can contain other code or resources.
The main advantage of breaking an assembly into multiple modules is that each module is contained in a separate DLL file. This allows Web downloads to be performed on demand, on a per-module basis. This can improve performance and memory consumption. ...
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