Microsoft Intermediate Language

E182223
.NET technology bytecode format intermediate language

Microsoft Intermediate Language is the low-level, platform-independent bytecode used by the .NET Framework’s Common Language Runtime as the compilation target for .NET languages before just-in-time compilation to native machine code.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Common Intermediate Language 6
Microsoft Intermediate Language canonical 3
CIL instruction set 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf .NET technology ⓘ
bytecode format ⓘ
intermediate language ⓘ
associatedWith Common Language Specification ⓘ
Common Type System ⓘ
comparedTo Java bytecode ⓘ
compiledBy just-in-time compiler ⓘ
compiledTo native machine code ⓘ
containedIn Portable Executable file ⓘ
designedBy Microsoft ⓘ
enables cross-language interoperability in .NET ⓘ
executedBy Common Language Runtime ⓘ
hasAbbreviation CIL ⓘ
Microsoft Intermediate Language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: MSIL
hasAlternativeName Microsoft Intermediate Language ⓘ
surface form: Common Intermediate Language
hasDesignGoal language neutrality ⓘ
runtime portability across CPU architectures ⓘ
type safety enforcement ⓘ
hasInstructionType arithmetic instructions ⓘ
array manipulation instructions ⓘ
control flow instructions ⓘ
conversion instructions ⓘ
field and property access instructions ⓘ
method call instructions ⓘ
object creation and destruction instructions ⓘ
hasProperty language-agnostic ⓘ
stack-based virtual instruction set ⓘ
verifiable code model ⓘ
level low-level ⓘ
partOf Common Language Infrastructure ⓘ
surface form: .NET Common Language Infrastructure
platformIndependence platform-independent ⓘ
securityModel code access security (historical in .NET Framework) ⓘ
standardizedIn ECMA-335 ⓘ
ISO/IEC 23271 ⓘ
storedIn .NET assembly ⓘ
supportsFeature exception handling instructions ⓘ
metadata access ⓘ
object-oriented instructions ⓘ
type safety ⓘ
targetOfCompilationFrom C# programming language ⓘ
surface form: C#

F# ⓘ
C++/CLI ⓘ
surface form: Managed C++

Visual Basic .NET ⓘ
other CLS-compliant .NET languages ⓘ
usedIn .NET 5 ⓘ
surface form: .NET 5 and later

.NET Core ⓘ
.NET Framework ⓘ
verifiedBy ECMA-335 ⓘ
surface form: CLR verifier

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Visual Basic .NET → compilesTo → Microsoft Intermediate Language ⓘ
F# → target → Microsoft Intermediate Language ⓘ
this entity surface form: .NET Intermediate Language
Common Language Runtime → uses → Microsoft Intermediate Language ⓘ
C++/CLI → compilesTo → Microsoft Intermediate Language ⓘ
this entity surface form: MSIL
JScript .NET → compilesTo → Microsoft Intermediate Language ⓘ
Common Language Infrastructure → defines → Microsoft Intermediate Language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Common Intermediate Language
ECMA-335 → defines → Microsoft Intermediate Language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Common Intermediate Language
ECMA-335 → defines → Microsoft Intermediate Language ⓘ
this entity surface form: CIL instruction set
ECMA-335 → partitionIIIContent → Microsoft Intermediate Language ⓘ
this entity surface form: CIL instruction set
.NET languages → compilesTo → Microsoft Intermediate Language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Common Intermediate Language
CLI → definesIntermediateLanguage → Microsoft Intermediate Language ⓘ
subject surface form: Common Language Infrastructure
this entity surface form: Common Intermediate Language
ISO/IEC 23271 → defines → Microsoft Intermediate Language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Common Intermediate Language instruction set
Boo → targetPlatform → Microsoft Intermediate Language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Common Intermediate Language
Microsoft Intermediate Language → hasAbbreviation → Microsoft Intermediate Language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: MSIL
Microsoft Intermediate Language → hasAlternativeName → Microsoft Intermediate Language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Common Intermediate Language