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Developed byMicrosoft
Founded2007
LicenseProprietary
Use casequerying data from various sources using SQL-like syntax
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LINQ

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Language-Integrated Query feature in .NET that provides query capabilities directly in programming languages.

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integrates with

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.NET FrameworkUnverifiedHighFresh1
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requires

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.NET runtimeUnverifiedHighFresh1

primary use case

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querying data from various sources using SQL-like syntaxUnverifiedHighFresh1

supports model

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method syntaxUnverifiedHighFresh1

supports protocol

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IEnumerableUnverifiedHighFresh1
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founded year

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2007UnverifiedHighFresh1

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traditional SQL queriesUnverifiedModerateFresh1

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