Glossary
- abstract type
An abstract type can define members for which it does not provide implementations.
- application model
A type of application. For example, the application models supported by the .NET Framework include console application, Windows Forms application, service application, and ASP.NET application.
- assembly
A set of code modules and other resources that together are a functional software unit. Usually seen in the form of a single DLL or EXE.
- attributes
The means in managed code of attaching descriptive information to assemblies, types, their members, and parameters.
- boxing
An operation that converts an instance of a value type to an instance of a reference type (object) by copying the instance and embedding it in a new object instance. ...
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