LINQ

Querying language; more specifically, a language extension to .NET languages which allows for more-or-less format-agnostic querying of data sources ranging from SQL databases to XML files to .NET

First released2001
Developed byMicrosoft
Open-sourceNot defined

Interesting facts

In particular, both C# and VB are languages that ship with .NET and have LINQ capabilities.

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