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Chapter 6. LINQ—Language Integrated Query > What is LINQ
What is LINQ
Language Integrated Query (LINQ) is a set of extensions to the .NET Framework that encompass language-integrated query, set, and transform operations. It extends C# and Visual Basic with native language syntax for queries and provides class libraries to take advantage of these capabilities.
Let us see an example first. Suppose there is a list of integers like this:
