| Subject | English | Japanese |
| comp., MS | Common Language Infrastructure | 共通言語基盤 (A specification describing how applications written in multiple high-level languages may be executed in different system environments without the need to rewrite the applications to take into consideration the unique characteristics of those environments) |
| comp., MS | common language runtime | 共通言語ランタイム (The engine at the core of managed code execution. The runtime supplies managed code with services such as cross-language integration, code access security, object lifetime management, and debugging and profiling support) |
| comp., MS | common language runtime host | 共通言語ランタイム ホスト (An unmanaged application that uses a set of APIs, called the hosting interfaces, to integrate managed code into the application. Common language runtime hosts often require a high degree of customization over the runtime that is loaded into the process) |
| comp., MS | Common Language Runtime support | 共通言語ランタイム サポート (The engine at the core of managed code execution. The runtime supplies managed code with services such as cross-language integration, code access security, object lifetime management, and debugging and profiling support) |
| comp., MS | Common Language Specification | 共通言語仕様 (A subset of language features supported by the common language runtime, including features common to several object-oriented programming languages. CLS-compliant components and tools are guaranteed to interoperate with other CLS-compliant components and tools) |