What is the Full Form of CLR? 

The full form of CLR is Common Language Runtime. It is a part of Microsoft’s .NET Framework and helps in managing the execution of programs written in different supported languages. In this way, the CLR helps to share common object-oriented classes written in different languages. For this, CLR modifies the program by reconstructing the source code into a byte code format. This is further known as Common Intermediate Language (CIL). 

Components of CLR 

Here are the main components of Common Language Runtime: 

• Common type system- It provides guidelines for how types will be declared, used, and managed in CLR. 
• Common language speciation- It refers to a specific set of rules that is to be followed by all NET-supported languages. 
• Garbage collector- This component is commonly used as an automatic memory manager for your application.  
• Just-in-time compiler- It helps to convert the MSIL code into machine-specific code. 
• Metadata- In simple words, it is the binary information about your program. 
• Assemblies- Assemblies consist of the assembly manifest, MSIL code, metadata, and other resources like image files. 

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.NET CLR Version

The Common Language Runtime updates itself for enhanced performance.

.NET version	CLR version
1.0	1.0
1.1	1.1
2.0	2.0
3.0	2.0
3.5	2.0
4	4
4.5	4
4.6	4
4.6	4

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Benefits of Common Language Runtime 

Here are a few key benefits of CLR:

• Enhances the overall performance
• Provides support for custom attributes
• Fosters object-oriented programming by offering language features like inheritance and overloading
• Offers garbage collection
• Allows the creation of multithreaded applications
• Allows using components developed in other languages

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