CLR [ Common Language Runtime ] and it's properties

CLR [ Common Language Runtime ] is one of the components of the .NET framework which provides an environment to execute the .NET code or the managed code. , CLR helps in converting the MSIL/CIL code into native code and running it.

Properties of CLR :

• Common Language Specification [ CLS]: a set of language rules, common to all the .NET supported programming languages.
• Common Type System [ CTS]: a data type system, familiar to all the .NET supported programming languages, which is further divided into value types and reference types
• Garbage Collector [ GC]: responsible for the "Automatic memory management."
• Just in Time [ JIT ] compiler: converts the MSIL/CIL code into native code

NOTE: we'll learn more about the CLR properties in the sessions.