Common Language Runtime (CLR)

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Common Language Runtime (CLR) is is a managed execution environment that is part of Microsoft’s .NET framework. CLR manages the execution of programs written in different supported languages.

CLR transforms source code into a form of bytecode known as Common Intermediate Language (CIL). At run time, CLR handles the execution of the CIL code.

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