runtime

Programmers sometimes distinguish between what gets embedded in a program when it is compiler and what gets embedded or used at runtime. The former is sometimes called "compile time."

For a number of years, technical writers resisted "runtime" as a term, insisting that something like "when a program is run" would obviate the need for a special term. Gradually, the term crept into general usage.

Read more about runtime: - SearchVB.com, a portal for Visual Basic developers, includes a collection of links about runtime files.

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