Created: Monday, 04 June 2007  -  Written by Chetankumar Akarte   -  

Explain Microsoft intermediate language (MSIL) Assembler? MSIL Assembler (Ilasm.exe) is a command line tool provides by .Net. The MSIL Assembler generates a portable executable (PE) file from MSIL assembly language. You...

Created: Sunday, 27 May 2007  -  Written by Chetankumar Akarte   -  

How many types of the JIT (just-in-time) compiler There are three types JIT (just-in-time) compiler. Those are as follows… Pre-JIT compiler (Compiles entire code into native code completely) Econo JIT compiler (Compiles...

Created: Monday, 04 June 2007  -  Written by Chetankumar Akarte   -  

How metadata is stored? Assemblies contain tables of metadata. These tables are described by the CIL specification. The metadata tables will have zero or more entries and the position of an...

Created: Monday, 04 June 2007  -  Written by Chetankumar Akarte   -  

What are CLS features? The CLS provides following advantages: Access to Complete .NET Framework hierarchy. High level of interoperability within languages.(e.g. - C# Class can be inherit from a Visual Basic class). Component is...

Created: Monday, 04 June 2007  -  Written by Chetankumar Akarte   -  

What are the Benefits of Metadata? Metadata provides the following major benefits: Self-describing files – Common language runtime modules and assemblies are self-describing. A module's metadata contains everything needed to interact...

Created: Monday, 04 June 2007  -  Written by Chetankumar Akarte   -  

What functions an assembly performs? An assembly performs the following functions: It contains code that the common language runtime executes. Microsoft intermediate language (MSIL) code in a portable executable (PE) file will...

Created: Monday, 04 June 2007  -  Written by Chetankumar Akarte   -  

What is .NET assembly? Assemblies are the building blocks of .NET Framework applications; they form the fundamental unit of deployment, version control, reuse, activation scoping, and security permissions. An assembly is...

Created: Friday, 25 May 2007  -  Written by Chetankumar Akarte   -  

What is .NET Framework? The .NET Framework Includes the Common Language Runtime (CLR) and the .NET Framework class library. The CLR is a standard foundation for building a range of new...

Created: Monday, 04 June 2007  -  Written by Chetankumar Akarte   -  

What is .NET metadata? In the past, a software component (.exe or .dll) written in one language could not easily use a software component written in another language. COM provided a...

Created: Friday, 25 May 2007  -  Written by Chetankumar Akarte   -  

What is .NET Platform? Microsoft .NET platform defines a standard around which a system can be developed. Microsoft .NET platform provides countless opportunities for different services and systems to interact, allowing...

Created: Friday, 25 May 2007  -  Written by Chetankumar Akarte   -  

What is Common Language Runtime? The CLR is the layer of the .NET Framework that makes language independence work. Written mostly in Microsoft's new language, C#, the CLR provides services that...

Created: Sunday, 27 May 2007  -  Written by Chetankumar Akarte   -  

What is JIT? JIT (just-in-time) is a CLR’s (Common Language Runtime) compiler. The JIT Compiler function is responsible for compiling a method’s IL code into native CPU instructions. Because the IL(intermediate...

Created: Monday, 04 June 2007  -  Written by Chetankumar Akarte   -  

What is Microsoft intermediate language (MSIL)? Common Intermediate Language (CIL) (formerly called Microsoft Intermediate Language or MSIL) is the lowest-level human-readable programming language in the Common Language Infrastructure and in the...

Created: Monday, 04 June 2007  -  Written by Chetankumar Akarte   -  

What is the Common Language Specification (CLS)? The Common Language Specification (CLS), which is a set of basic language features needed by many .Net applications to fully interact with other objects...

Created: Wednesday, 30 May 2007  -  Written by Chetankumar Akarte   -  

What is the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0? The Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 (formerly known WinFX), is the new managed code programming model for Windows. .NET Framework 3.0 is combines the power...

Created: Wednesday, 30 May 2007  -  Written by Chetankumar Akarte   -  

What is Windows CardSpace (WCS, formerly “InfoCard”)? Windows CardSpace is a Microsoft .NET Framework version 3.0 (formerly WinFX) component that provides the consistent user experience required by the identity metasystem. It...

Created: Wednesday, 30 May 2007  -  Written by Chetankumar Akarte   -  

What is Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)? Windows Communication Foundation (formerly code-named "Indigo") is a set of .NET technologies for building and running connected systems. It is a new breed of communications...

Created: Wednesday, 30 May 2007  -  Written by Chetankumar Akarte   -  

What is Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)? The Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation provides the foundation for building applications and high fidelity experiences in Windows Vista, blending together application UI, documents, and media...

Created: Wednesday, 30 May 2007  -  Written by Chetankumar Akarte   -  

What is Windows Workflow Foundation (WF)? Windows Workflow Foundation is the programming model, engine and tools for quickly building workflow enabled applications on Windows. It consists of a .NET Framework version...

Created: Monday, 04 June 2007  -  Written by Chetankumar Akarte   -  

What the Metadata stores? Metadata stores the following information: Description of the assembly. Identity (name, version, culture, public key). The types that are exported. Other assemblies that this assembly depends on. Security permissions needed to...

Created: Friday, 25 May 2007  -  Written by Chetankumar Akarte   -  

Which are the main components of the .NET platform? The Microsoft .NET platform consists of the following product groups/ main components... Development tools A set of languages, including C#, VB.NET, J#, a...

Created: Wednesday, 30 May 2007  -  Written by Chetankumar Akarte   -  

Which Languages supported by .NET Framework?

 .NET Framework supports all major programming languages. Some of them are as below…