# Packaged Component and Versions

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* Only Packaged Components can be deployed to a target environment.
* Packaged Components are **immutable once created**.
* A Package Version refers to one or more Packaged Component(s).
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## Packaged Component

A [**Packaged Component**](https://help.boomi.com/docs/atomsphere/integration/deployment/int-packaged_components_094d4856-e4ed-4c20-b47a-87ae2e48542b) represents a **snapshot of single Component with all its** [**dependent components**](/boomi-console/help-text/component-hierarchy.md) (incl. their component version), made at a certain point in time (when the package is created). A Packaged Component is built into Boomi and therefore part of the Boomi eco system.

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A Packaged Component has a `Packaged Component ID`.

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A Packaged Component is like a ZIP file that contains a snapshot (copy) of all components required to execute the top-level (selected) component.

## Package Version

One or more Packaged Component(s) can have the same Package Version. A **Package Version** refers to one or more Packaged Component(s) which were packaged at the same time. A Package Version is somehow grouping Packaged Components under the same "version" tag.

When you create Packaged Components, you can select one or more Component(s) to be packaged:

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Each selected Component will be packaged into its own [#packaged-component](#packaged-component "mention") but all selected Components will get the same Package Version.


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