Abbreviations in .NET

1.      CLR = Common Language Runtime

2.      CLS = Common Language Specifications

3.      CTS = Common Type Specifications

4.      GC = Garbage Collector.

5.      WSDL = Web Services Description Language.

6.      MSIL = Microsoft Intermediate Language.

7.      CIL = Common Intermediate Language - MSIL.

8.      JIT = Just In Time.

9.      PE = Portable Executable – A file format.

10.   COFF = Common Object File Format – A file format.

11.   GAC = Global Assembly Cache.

12.   DDL = Data Definition Language.

13.   DML = Data Manipulation Language.

14.   CAS = Code Access Security.

15.   RCW = Runtime Callable Wrapper.

16.   COM = Component Object Model.

17.   CCW = COM Callable Wrapper.

18.   DOM = Document Object Model.

19.   DNA = Distributed interNet Applications Architecture.

20.   GUID = Globally Unique Identifier.

21.   MS-DTC = Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator.

22.   OLTP = Online Transaction Processing.

23.   OLAP = Online Analytical Processing.

24.   RAD = Rapid Application Development.

25.   SMTP = Simple Mail Transfer Protocol.

26.   SOAP = Simple Object Access Protocol.

27.   TCP = Transport Control Protocol.

28.   TLB = Type Library.

29.   UDF = Uniform Data Format.

           30. UDDI = Universal Description, Discovery and Integration.