Common Type System

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.NET technology type system

The Common Type System is a core component of the .NET architecture that defines how data types are declared, used, and managed across different .NET languages to ensure interoperability and type safety.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
C# type system 1
Common Type System (CTS) 1
ECMA-335 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf .NET technology ⓘ
type system ⓘ
alsoKnownAs CTS ⓘ
definedBy .NET specification ⓘ
defines arrays ⓘ
boxing and unboxing rules ⓘ
classes ⓘ
delegates ⓘ
enums ⓘ
interfaces ⓘ
primitive types ⓘ
reference types ⓘ
rules for type implementation ⓘ
rules for type inheritance ⓘ
rules for type members ⓘ
rules for type visibility ⓘ
type assignment compatibility rules ⓘ
type identity rules ⓘ
type visibility and accessibility rules ⓘ
user-defined types ⓘ
value types ⓘ
ensures common representation of types across languages ⓘ
consistent type semantics across languages ⓘ
governs assembly-level type information ⓘ
field definitions ⓘ
metadata representation of types ⓘ
method signatures ⓘ
implementedIn Common Language Runtime ⓘ
introducedWith .NET Framework ⓘ
surface form: .NET Framework 1.0
partOf .NET Framework ⓘ
.NET ecosystem ⓘ
surface form: .NET architecture
purpose define how data types are declared in .NET ⓘ
define how data types are managed in .NET ⓘ
define how data types are used in .NET ⓘ
enable language interoperability ⓘ
ensure type safety ⓘ
relatedTo Common Language Runtime ⓘ
Common Language Specification ⓘ
standardizedIn ECMA-335 ⓘ
surface form: .NET ECMA-335 specification
supports multiple .NET languages ⓘ
supportsFeature garbage-collected reference types ⓘ
multiple inheritance via interfaces ⓘ
single inheritance for classes ⓘ
type safety verification ⓘ
usedBy C# programming language ⓘ
surface form: C#

F# ⓘ
Visual Basic .NET ⓘ
managed .NET languages ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

Common Language Runtime → basedOn → Common Type System ⓘ
Common Language Infrastructure → defines → Common Type System ⓘ
ECMA International → maintainsStandard → Common Type System ⓘ
this entity surface form: ECMA-335
Common Language Specification → relatedTo → Common Type System ⓘ
ECMA-334 → scope → Common Type System ⓘ
this entity surface form: C# type system
.NET Framework → supportsStandard → Common Type System ⓘ
Common Language Runtime → uses → Common Type System ⓘ
Common Language Specification → worksWith → Common Type System ⓘ
this entity surface form: Common Type System (CTS)