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satellite assembly When localizing an application, assemblies that contain alternate sets of resources to be used in the application for different cultures.

setter The code segment of a property that sets the property s value.

shadowing Hiding a member in a base class with a member in an inherited class that has a different signature.

shared assembly An assembly that is referenced by several applications on a single machine. A shared assembly must be installed to the Global Assembly Cache (GAC).

shared members In Visual Basic .NET, members that belong to the class instead of any one instance of the class. Shared members can be accessed before an instance of a class is created. Shared members are called static members in Visual C#.

simple binding In data binding, binding a control to a single data column. A TextBox is an example of a control that can be simply bound.

solution A group of Visual Studio .NET projects that make up a single functional unit.

SQL See Structured Query Language.

static members In Visual C#, members that belong to the class instead of any one instance of the class. Shared members can be accessed before an instance of a class is created. Static members are called shared members in Visual Basic .NET.

Step Into Moving from a calling procedure to a called procedure during debugging. Also used in reference to setting breakpoints to stop execution in a specific procedure during debugging.

Step Out In Break mode, resuming execution of a function call until the call returns.

Step Over In Break mode, executing a procedure call as a single statement during debugging.

strong name A name that uniquely identifies an assembly. It consists of the assembly s name, version, and culture information as well as a public key encrypted by a private key. An assembly must have a strong name to be installed to the Global Assembly Cache (GAC).

strongly typed Refers to types for all variables being explicitly declared. Strong typing eliminates the possibility of type mismatch errors, which are discovered at compile time. Visual C# is inherently strongly typed, and Visual Basic .NET is strongly typed when Option Strict is set to On.

Struct In Visual C#, a user-defined Value type that serves as a template for an instance of that type. See also Structure.

Structure In Visual Basic .NET, a user-defined Value type that serves as a template for an instance of that type. See also Struct.

structured exception handling Using Try Catch Finally blocks to handle errors that might occur during code execution. When exceptions are thrown, they are handled in the Catch block before code in the Finally block is executed.

Structured Query Language (SQL) The standard language used for issuing commands to databases.

syntax error An error that occurs because of typographical errors or nonsensical code. In the .NET Framework, syntax errors prevent compilation and are thus discovered at compile time.