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mscorlib is definitely one of .net base class libraries and every program in C# depends on it, but what does it stand for?
In the ECMA standard for the C# Language Specification the word is mentioned 4 times and none of them referring to what it means.
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NET Framework, MSCorLib. dll was an acronym for Microsoft Common Object Runtime Library. Once ECMA started to standardize the CLR and parts of the FCL, MSCorLib. dll officially became the acronym for Multilanguage Standard Common Object Runtime Library."
MsCoRLib stands for Microsoft Common Language Runtime Library. Mscorlib.ni. dll is a Windows DLL file. DLL is the abbreviation for Dynamic Link Library.
They just contain metadata, no code, present in the c:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies directory.
Method 1: Download Mscorlib.dll to PC from our site. Copy the file to the program install directory after where it is missing the DLL file. Or move the DLL file to the directory of your System (C:\Windows\System32, and for a 64 bit in C:\Windows\SysWOW64\). Now you need to reboot the computer.
Microsoft Common Object Runtime Library.
See http://www.danielmoth.com/Blog/mscorlibdll.aspx and What does 'Cor' stand for?
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Microsoft Core Library, ie they are at the heart of everything.
There is a more "massaged" explanation you may prefer:
"When Microsoft first started working on the .NET Framework, MSCorLib.dll was an acronym for Microsoft Common Object Runtime Library. Once ECMA started to standardize the CLR and parts of the FCL, MSCorLib.dll officially became the acronym for Multilanguage Standard Common Object Runtime Library."
From http://weblogs.asp.net/mreynolds/archive/2004/01/31/65551.aspx
Around 1999, to my personal memory, .Net was known as "COOL", so I am a little suspicious of this derivation. I never heard it called "COR", which is a silly-sounding name to a native English speaker.
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