In .NET languages, classes are templates used for defining new types. With classes we can describe both the properties and behaviors (or functionality) of objects. Properties contain the data that are exposed by the class. Behaviors are defined by the public methods (also called member functions) and events of the class. Collectively, the public properties and methods of …
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Conversion of a value from one type to another. Implicit casting is performed silently by the compiler when the casting would not cause any information to be lost (e.g., converting a 16-bit integer to a 32-bit integer value). Explicit casting is coded by the programmer using the particular language’s cast operator. This is necessary when the use of …
Caching is a mechanism for keeping content in memory for later use. It helps Web applications operate with higher performance by reducing the amount of work needed to obtain information from its data source, such as a database, Web service, mathematical computation, and many others. ASP.NET provides us with a variety of ways for caching information.
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An object-oriented and type-safe programming language supported by Microsoft for use with the .NET Framework defined by the standard ECMA-334. The language was created by by Anders Hejlsberg (author of Turbo Pascal and architect of Delphi), Scot Wiltamuth, and Peter Golde, specifically for building enterprise-scale applications. Its syntax is similar to both C++ and Java and is considered …
Classes may be used to create other classes. A class that is used to create (or derive) another class is called the Base class or Super class.
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Assembly manifest contains metadata describing the name, version, types, and resources in the assembly, and the dependencies upon other assemblies. The manifest allows an assembly to be self-describing, easily deployed, and not bound to a particular system by storing information in the Windows registry.
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A reserved area of memory used to store the assemblies of a .NET applications running on a specific machine. .NET technology works with these caches – Global Assembly Cache, Local assembly cache and Download Cache.
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All of the files that comprise a .NET application, including the resource, security management, versioning, sharing, deployment information, and the actual MSIL code executed by the CLR. An assembly may appear as a single DLL or EXE file, or as multiple files, and is roughly the equivalent of a COM module.
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This is a set of .NET classes used to create three basic types of applications: Web-based, client-side (Web Forms) and server-side (Web Services). This technology is called also managed APS and it is known as APS+, because it was derived from Microsoft ASP Web technology.
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The CLR (Common Language Runtime) creates around every .NET application logical and physical boundary named application domain. Multiple .NET application could run in a single process when CLR is loading them into separate domains. In the same time CLR isolates each application domain from the others and prevents stability, configuration and security of running .NET applications from affecting …