CLR

Consortium for Lexical Research

clr., Clr, Clr.

In the lumber industry, abbr. for clear.

CLR

(Common Language Runtime) The runtime engine in Microsoft's .NET platform. The CLR compiles and executes programs in Microsoft Intermediate Language (MSIL). The ECMA European standards organization has its own version of the .NET platform, and the CLR counterpart is called the "Virtual Execution System" (VES). See CLI.

Common Rules and Types
The CLR and VES include the Common Language System (CLS), which sets the rules and regulations for language syntax and semantics, as well as the Common Type System (CTS), which defines the data types that can be used. Because all programs use the common services in the CLR, no matter which language they were written in, such applications are said to use "managed code."

Common Services
The CLR and VES runtime engines are similar to the Java Virtual Machine (JVM). They provide a fundamental set of services that all programs use. The difference is that Java bytecode can also be interpreted as well as compiled, but the JVM supports only Java, not multiple programming languages. See .NET Framework.

CLR

Acronym	Definition
CLR➣Clear
CLR➣Common Language Runtime (Microsoft .NET)
CLR➣Color
CLR➣Clearance
CLR➣Clearing
CLR➣Cleric (Everquest)
CLR➣Combat Logistics Regiment (US Marine Corps)
CLR➣Color Reference
CLR➣Common Language Runtime
CLR➣Counter Timer Lower Register
CLR➣Coffee Leaf Rust
CLR➣Closed Loop Recycling
CLR➣California Literary Review (est. 2004)
CLR➣Cell Loss Ratio
CLR➣California Law Review
CLR➣Commonwealth Law Reports (Australian's High Court law reporter)
CLR➣Campaign for Labor Rights (Washington, DC)
CLR➣Council on Library Resources
CLR➣Centerline Radius
CLR➣Calcium, Lime, Rust (cleaning solution)
CLR➣Clear Request
CLR➣Conditional Logistic Regression
CLR➣Cormen, Leiserson, Rivest (authors of the book "Introduction to Algorithms")
CLR➣Center of Lateral Resistance
CLR➣Commercial Loan Review
CLR➣Circle of Liberal Reformers (political party, Gabon)
CLR➣Consortium for Lexical Research (New Mexico)
CLR➣Computer Language Research
CLR➣Current-Limiting Resistor
CLR➣Canadian Legion of Riders (motorcycle club; Canada)
CLR➣Circuit Layout Record
CLR➣Centre de Lecture Rapide (French speed reading center; Canada)
CLR➣Champagne Louis Roederer (French champagne company)
CLR➣Central London Railway
CLR➣Contact Lens Relief (Clear Eyes)
CLR➣Container Loading
CLR➣Clinical Laboratory Reference (journal)
CLR➣Credit Loss Reserve
CLR➣Chief of Staff Logistics Review
CLR➣Capabilities List Request
CLR➣Atlantic Razor Clam (FAO species code)
CLR➣Center for Latino Research (DePaul University)
CLR➣Contingent Liability Record
CLR➣Combat Loss Replacement
CLR➣Customer Liaison Representative
CLR➣Context Likelihood of Relatedness (algorithm)
CLR➣Contingent Liability Report
CLR➣Correlated Low-Rank
CLR➣Covert Laser Read
CLR➣Cluster-Level Routing
CLR➣Complex Linear Regression
CLR➣Comb-Line Resonator
CLR➣Carbon-Loaded Rubber (smart textile)
CLR➣Collateral Level Reporting
CLR➣Career-Limiting Remark
CLR➣Combined Line & Recording
CLR➣Casual, Looking & Ready (paid membership swingers' website and forum)
CLR➣Capabilities and Limitations Report (ATEC)