Roles of CLR in .NET Framework - ablealias/asp.net GitHub Wiki

CLR (Common Language Runtime) provides an environment to execute .NET applications on target machines. CLR is also a common runtime environment for all .NET code irrespective of their programming language, as the compilers of respective language in .NET Framework convert every source code into a common language known as MSIL or IL (Intermediate Language).

CLR also provides various services to execute processes, such as memory management service and security services. CLR performs various tasks to manage the execution process of .NET applications.

The responsibilities of CLR are listed as follows:

• Automatic memory management
• Garbage Collection
• Code Access Security
• Code verification
• JIT compilation of .NET code