Category
page 1Common Language Infrastructure
Common Intermediate Language
programming language
Common Language Infrastructure
open specification used to define the .NET Framework, among other runtimes
Base Class Library
standard libraries of C#, the .NET Framework and Core, and related projects
Global Assembly Cache
component of Microsoft's .NET Framework
Common Type System
standard that specifies how type definitions and specific values of types are represented in computer memory
list of CLI languages
Wikimedia list article
Platform Invocation Services
feature of Common Language Infrastructure implementations that enables managed code to call native code
Assembly (CLI)
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
delegate
type-safe function pointer used by the Microsoft Common Language Infrastructure
Code Access Security
Metadata
common Language Infrastructure metadata about classes and class members