Common Language Infrastructure

programming language

open specification used to define the .NET Framework, among other runtimes

standard libraries of C#, the .NET Framework and Core, and related projects

component of Microsoft's .NET Framework

standard that specifies how type definitions and specific values of types are represented in computer memory

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feature of Common Language Infrastructure implementations that enables managed code to call native code

XML wrapper around a compiled code library (the XML-wrapped-library itself is also sometimes referred to as an assembly) used for deployment, versioning, and security

type-safe function pointer used by the Microsoft Common Language Infrastructure

common Language Infrastructure metadata about classes and class members