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The '''Common Language Infrastructure''' ('''CLI''') is an open [[specification]] (technical standard) developed by [[Microsoft]] and standardized by [[International Organization for Standardization|ISO]] and [[Ecma International|Ecma]]<ref name="iso_iec_23271_2012">[http://www.iso.org/iso/home/store/catalogue_ics/catalogue_detail_ics.htm?csnumber=58046 ISO/IEC 23271:2012 - Information technology -- Common Language Infrastructure (CLI)]</ref><ref name="ecma_355_2012">[http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/standards/Ecma-335.htm Standard ECMA-335 - 6th edition (June 2012)]</ref> that describes executable code and a runtime environment that allows [[List of CLI languages|multiple high-level languages]] to be used on different [[Computing platform|computer platforms]] without being rewritten for specific architectures. This implies it is platform agnostic. The [[.NET Framework]], [[.NET Core|.NET]] and [[Mono (software)|Mono]] are implementations of the CLI.

==Overview==