VB.Net Interview Questions and Answers - 3

Question: 11

What is CLR?

The Common Language Runtime provides a runtime environment for the execution of code written in .Net Languages.

Question: 12

What is CLS?

The Common Language Specification describes a subset of the data types supported by the runtime that are common to all of the languages used in .Net.

Question: 13

Define manifest?

Manifest is the set of metadata that describes the contents of the assembly.

Question: 14

Define managed code?

Code that is compiled to IL and managed by the runtime is referred to as managed code.

Question: 15

What is IL or MSIL?

The low level language compiled by the CLR is known as Intermediate Language or Microsoft Intermediate Language.

The individual language compilers compile the code written by developers into an Intermediate Language called Microsoft Intermediate Language.

This IL is then compiled to native code by the runtime at install time or compiled time by just-in-Time (JIT) at first execution.

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