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title: "What is LINQ?"  
description: "What is LINQ?"  
author: "Sumit Kesarwani"  
published: 2014-08-21  
updated: 2020-09-22  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/interview/1963/what-is-linq  
category: "c#"  
tags: ["c#"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What is LINQ?

Language Integrated Query (LINQ) adds the ability to query objects using .NET languages. The LINQ to SQL object/relational mapping (O/RM) framework provides the following basic features:

Tools to create classes (usually called entities) mapped to database tables

Compatibility with LINQ's standard query operations

The DataContext class, with features such as entity record monitoring, automatic SQL statement generation, record concurrency detection, and much more

## Answers

### Answer by Sumit Kesarwani

Language Integrated Query (LINQ) adds the ability to query objects using .NET languages. The LINQ to SQL object/relational mapping (O/RM) framework provides the following basic features:

Tools to create classes (usually called entities) mapped to database tables

Compatibility with LINQ's standard query operations

The DataContext class, with features such as entity record monitoring, automatic SQL statement generation, record concurrency detection, and much more


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