.NET and COM Interoperability Handbook, The

Defining Managed Code and Managed Data

Code that runs under the control of the CLR is called managed code. By targeting the CLR, managed code enjoys all the benefits that I discussed in the previous section, enhanced security, portability, and so forth.

The Official Definition of Managed Code The “official” definition of managed code from Partition 1 (Architecture) of the Tool Developers Guide in the .NET Framework SDK Documentation is as follows: Managed code is simply code that provides enough information to allow the CLR to provide a set of core services, including: Given an address inside the code for a method, locate the metadata describing the method Walk the stack Handle exceptions Store and retrieve security information You can find the ...