What is IL code, CLR, CTS, GAC & GC?

[John Irron]

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[jmcilhinney]

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[Herman]

ILcode is linker code, Common Intermediate Language, akin to assembly but for .net
CLR is Common Language Runtime, it's the .net framework runtimes you download to run .net apps.
CTS is Common Type System, a set of datatypes used by all .net languages
GAC is the Global Assembly Cache, formerly good ole C:\Windows\System32 DLL nest. The GAC contains all assemblies (i.e. DLL's) that need to be available globally. It's best practice to only put what you absolutely need to in there.
GC is garbage collection, (automatic) memory management.

 

[tegminal]

What is CLR