AppDomain
Similar to a process, an AppDomain provides a secure sandbox for .NET executables and assemblies. Just as multiple processes are protected, multiple .NET assemblies are protected if they reside in separate AppDomains. One important distinction is that AppDomains do not have to necessarily reside in separate processes. Multiple AppDomains can, and often do, occupy the same Win32 process.
When a .NET application is loaded, the CLR creates a process. In turn, this process creates the first AppDomain, which is called the default AppDomain. The default AppDomain cannot be unloaded and is destroyed when the process finishes. Additional AppDomains can be created dynamically at runtime. The relationship between processes and AppDomains is illustrated ...
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