What is contract deployment?

Contract deployment refers to the process of uploading and activating a smart contract on a blockchain network, such as Ethereum. This step makes the contract's code publicly accessible and executable by others on the network. Smart contracts are self-executing programs that run when certain conditions are met, and deploying them is a crucial part of decentralized application (dApp) development. Once deployed, the contract is assigned a unique address and can interact with other contracts and users on the blockchain.