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Acronym for Global Assembly Cache, which is a machine-wide code cache, introduced with Microsoft's .NET systems that stores assemblies specifically installed to be shared by many applications on the computer.

A machine-wide code cache, introduced with Microsoft's .NET systems, which stores assemblies specifically installed to be shared by many application on the computer.

Group Policy Object (GPO). Policy settings are stored in Group Policy Objects (GPOs). A GPO is internally referenced by a Globally Unique Identifier (GUID). Each one may be linked to multiple sites, domains or organizational units. In this way, potentially thousands of machines or users can be updated via a simple change to a single GPO. This reduces the administrative burden and costs associated with managing these resources.

In Software Manager, these define which packages in a group will be installed, the order in which they will be installed, and the command lines that will be used to run the package installations. These settings provide the defaults for Group Distribution.

In Software Manager, group distribution deploys multiple related packages at once, enforcing package dependencies and installation order, and defining command lines that run the package installations.

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An acronym for Globally Unique Identifier.