common language runtime is the execution engine for .NET Framework applications. Provideing • Enforcement of code access security • Exception handling • Interoperation COM objects, and pre-existing DLLs • Automation of object layout • Code management (loading and execution) • Application memory isolation • type safety • Convert IL to native code • Access to metadata • memory management

What is the common type system (CTS)? What is the Common Language Specification (CLS)? What is the Microsoft Intermediate Language (MSIL)? What is managed code and managed data?