VB Dot Net Developer Question:

Answer #1
CLR is abbreviated as Common Language Runtime and it forms heart of the .NET framework. It is the responsibility of runtime to take care of the code execution of the program. CLR takes care of the following:
★ Garbage Collection
★ Code Verification
★ Code Access Security
★ IL (Intermediate Language)

Answer #2
CLR is the runtime converts MSIL(Microsoft Intermediate Language) code to machine code or native code.It is the execution engine for .Net framework. It provides a number of services:
1) Memory Management
2)Type Safety
3)Exception Handling
4)Garbage Collection
5)Code Access Security
6)Thread Management