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'''Managed code''' is computer program code that requires and will execute only under the ''management'' of a [[Common Language Runtime]] [[virtual machine]], typically the [[.NET Framework]], or [[Mono (software)|Mono]]. The term was coined by [[Microsoft]].

Managed code is the compiler output of [[source code]] written in one of over twenty high-level programming languages that are available for use with the Microsoft .NET Framework, including C#, J#, Microsoft Visual Basic .NET, Microsoft JScript and .NET, while unmanaged code refers to programs written in [[C (programming language)|C]], [[C++]], and other languages that dotarget notthe needhost aCPU runtimeand tooperating execute.system directly. Managed code in the Microsoft .Net Framework is defined according to the [[Common Intermediate Language]] specification.

== Terminology ==