.Net Definitions Continued...

21) Data Set:

A class that contains an application copy of data that has been retrieved from a data source.

22) Delegate:

An object that acts as a type-safe function-pointer. Delegates can be used to invoke the method they point to.

23) Destructor:

A method that is run just before a class is removed from memory. A destructor contains code to clean up after the class is destroyed.

24) Encapsulation:

Binding data with a set of related functionalities.

25) Exception Handling:

The process dealing with unusual occurrences within code so that it does not cause the program to crash or lose data.

26) Explicit Conversion:

A conversion of one type to another that cannot be performed automatically. Explicit conversion usually presents some danger of a failed conversion or loss of data.

27) Extender Provider:

A special type of control that provides design time properties to other controls. Error Provider and Help Provider are examples of extender providers.

28) Foreign Key:

In a data table, a column that contains a key value that uniquely identifies a record in a related table.

29) Floating-Point Types/Numbers:

A number that has a decimal component is called floating point number. Types capable of representing floating-point numbers are called floating point types.

30) Garbage Collector:

It is a thread running in the background of managed .Net applications; it constantly keeps searching the reference tree for objects without reference. It reclaims the memory automatically when it finds non-reference objects.