What is sale of fixed assets?

What is sale of fixed assets?
Fixed assets are the assets of business concern. The value of these assets, except land, gets depreciated year by year and the allowance of such depreciation is availed for tax exemption purposes on a regular basis. When such the assets are sold for a consideration, it is called the "sale of fixed assets" and the gain / loss on sale of such assets is assessed based on the written down value as on the date of such transaction.