What is a .NET app domain?

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Published on 2009-07-07T19:55:50Z Indexed on 2010/03/17 22:11 UTC
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In particular, what are the implications of running code in two different app domains?

How is data normally passed across the app domain boundary? Is it the same as passing data across the process boundary? I'm curious to know more about this abstraction and what it is useful for.

EDIT: Good existing coverage of AppDomains in general at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/622516/i-dont-understand-appdomains

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