B

background threads, Killing Threads

backing store, Streams

backslash, Creating Strings (see \\, under Symbols)

base class, Inheritance, Creating Polymorphic Methods, Calling Base Class Constructors, Abstract Classes, The Root of All Classes: Object

abstract classes as, Abstract Classes

constructors, calling, Calling Base Class Constructors

Object class as root of all classes, The Root of All Classes: Object

virtual method, overriding, Creating Polymorphic Methods

base type (underlying type) for enumerations, Enumerations

BeginRead( ) method, Binary Files, Asynchronous I/O, Asynchronous I/O

(Stream class), Binary Files, Asynchronous I/O

BeginWrite( ) method (Stream class), Binary Files, Asynchronous I/O

Berkeley socket interface, Creating a Network Streaming Server

binary files, Binary Files

Binary formatter, Understanding marshaling with proxies

binary operators, Using the operator Keyword

binary read (of a file), Binary Files

BinaryFormatter, Using a Formatter

BinaryReader class, Reading and Writing Data

BinarySearch( ) method, Arrays, List<T>

(System.Array), Arrays

List class, List<T>

BinaryWriter class, Reading and Writing Data

binders, Creating and Using App Domains

binding, Reflection, Creating and Using App Domains, Importing the COM .DLL to .NET

importing the COM DLL to .NET, Importing the COM .DLL to .NET

late, Reflection (see late binding)

Boolean expressions, if...else statements

boolean value type, C and C++ programmers note, Working with Built-in Types

boxing types, Working with Built-in Types, Boxing and Unboxing Types, Structs as Value Types, Accessing Sealed Classes and Value Types, Accessing Sealed Classes and Value Types

interface reference, Accessing Sealed Classes and Value Types, Accessing Sealed Classes and Value Types

structs, Structs as Value Types

branch keywords, Unconditional Branching Statements, Conditional Branching Statements

conditional branching, Conditional Branching Statements

unconditional branching, Unconditional Branching Statements

branching, Statements (see conditional branching unconditional branching)

break statements, Unconditional Branching Statements, switch statements: an alternative to nested ifs, The continue and break statements

use with switch statements, switch statements: an alternative to nested ifs

breakpoints, Using the Visual Studio .NET Debugger, Using the Visual Studio .NET Debugger

compiling and running programs, Using the Visual Studio .NET Debugger

setting, Using the Visual Studio .NET Debugger

browsers, Understanding Web Forms, Network I/O

IP addresses and, Network I/O

Web Forms, running on, Understanding Web Forms

buffered streams, Buffered Streams

BufferedStream class, Reading and Writing Data, Buffered Streams

buffers, Binary Files, Pointers, Pointers

pinned in memory, Pointers, Pointers

bugs, defined, Handling Exceptions

built-in types, Types, Working with Built-in Types, Choosing a built-in type, Choosing a built-in type, Converting built-in types, The Root of All Classes: Object

char, Choosing a built-in type

choosing, Choosing a built-in type

converting, Converting built-in types

Object as root, The Root of All Classes: Object

value types, listing of, Working with Built-in Types

buttons, Data Binding, Data Binding

(see also controls)

data binding and, Data Binding