Basic .NET Framework questions

0. What is IL? (Twist :- What is MSIL or CIL , What is JIT?)

1. What is the CLR?

2. What is the CTS?

3. What is CLS(Common Language Specification)?

4. What is Managed Code?

5. What is Assembly ?

6. What are different types of Assembly?

7. What is NameSpace?

8. What is Difference between NameSpace and Assembly?

9. If you want to view a Assembly how to you go about it (Twist : What is ILDASM ?) ?

10. What is Manifest?

11. Where is version information stored of a assembly ?

12. Is versioning applicable to private assemblies?

13. What is GAC (Twist :- What are situations when you register .NET assembly in GAC ?) ?

14. What is concept of strong names (Twist :- How do we generate strong names or what is the process of generating string names , What is use of SN.EXE , How do we apply strong names to assembly ? , How do you sign an assembly ?)?

15. How to add and remove a assembly from GAC?

16. What is Delay signing ?

17. What is garbage collection?

18. Can we force garbage collector to run ?

19. What is reflection?