The Framework Class Library (FCL) is a component of Microsoft's
.NET Framework
The .NET Framework (pronounced as "''dot net"'') is a proprietary software framework developed by Microsoft that runs primarily on Microsoft Windows. It was the predominant implementation of the Common Language Infrastructure (CLI) until bein ...
, the first implementation of the
Common Language Infrastructure (CLI). In much the same way as
Common Language Runtime (CLR) implements the CLI
Virtual Execution System
The Virtual Execution System (VES) is a run-time system of the Common Language Infrastructure CLI which provides an environment for executing managed code. It provides direct support for a set of built-in data types, defines a hypothetical mach ...
(VES), the FCL implements the CLI foundational
Standard Libraries. As a CLI foundational class libraries implementation, it is a collection of reusable
classes,
interface
Interface or interfacing may refer to:
Academic journals
* ''Interface'' (journal), by the Electrochemical Society
* '' Interface, Journal of Applied Linguistics'', now merged with ''ITL International Journal of Applied Linguistics''
* '' Int ...
s, and
value types, and includes an implementation of the CLI
Base Class Library
The Standard Libraries is a set of libraries included in the Common Language Infrastructure (CLI) in order to encapsulate many common functions, such as file reading and writing, XML document manipulation, exception handling, application globa ...
(BCL).
With Microsoft's move to
.NET Core
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, the CLI foundational class libraries implementation is known as
CoreFX
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instead of Framework Class Library.
See also
*
Standard Libraries (CLI)
*
Base Class Library
The Standard Libraries is a set of libraries included in the Common Language Infrastructure (CLI) in order to encapsulate many common functions, such as file reading and writing, XML document manipulation, exception handling, application globa ...
(BCL)
References
Difference Between .NET Core and .NET Framework: Head to Head Comparison
External links
.NET Framework Developer Center Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN).
.NET Framework 3.5 namespaces
{{.NET Framework
.NET Framework terminology
Microsoft application programming interfaces
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