Difference between Web.Config and Machine.Config File

Machine.Config:-

1) This is automatically installed when you install Visual Studio. Net.
2) This is also called machine level configuration file.
3)Only one machine.config file exists on a server.
4) This file is at the highest level in the configuration hierarchy.

Web.Config:-

1) This is automatically created when you create an ASP.Net web application project.
2) This is also called application level configuration file.
3)This file inherits setting from the machine.config

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