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Common Language Runtime

.NET Framework 3.0

The .NET Framework provides a run-time environment called the common language runtime, which runs the code and provides services that make the development process easier.

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Common Language Runtime Overview: Introduces managed code, managed data, and metadata, and describes key features of the common language runtime.

Managed Execution Process: Describes the steps required to take advantage of the common language runtime.

Automatic Memory Management: Describes how the garbage collector allocates and releases memory.

Related Sections

Hosting the Common Language Runtime: Describes runtime hosts, which are sections of code that load the runtime into a process, create the application domains within the process, and load and run user code within those application domains.

Common Type System: Describes and defines how types are declared, used, and managed in the runtime in support of cross-language integration.

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