I was looking at the msdn documentation and I am still a little confused on what exactly is the difference between using `LoadFile` and `LoadFrom` when loading an assembly. Can someone provide an example or an analogy to better describe it. The MSDN documentation confused me more. Also, Is `ReflectionOnlyLoadFrom` the same as `LoadFrom` except that it loads the assembly only in reflection mode.

Since my .NET experience is not the greatest, here are some questions regarding the MSDN documentation using LoadFile:

1)  What does it mean by `LoadFile` examines assemblies that have the same Identity, but are located in different paths?  What is the identity (example)?

2)  It states the `LoadFile` does not load files into the &#39;LoadFrom Context&#39; and does not resolve dependencies using the load path.  What does this mean, can someone provide an example?

3)  Lastly, it states that `LoadFile` is useful in this limited scenario because LoadFrom cannot load assemblies that have the same identities but different paths; it will only load the first such assembly, which again brings me to the same question, what is the assemblies identity?



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