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LINQ is stands for Language Integrated Query . LINQ is a Microsoft .NET Framework component and use for data querying . LINQ was released in Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 on November 19, 2007. LINQ also defines a set of method names that is called standard query operators . LINQ a library for collection and iterator manipulation that makes extensive use of higher-order functions as arguments using  System.Linq . LINQ allows us to write queries directly in our database and these queries can be on relational databases, XML documents, objects , arrays and third-party data sources. LINQ also defines a new LINQ provider model that can take an expression tree and use it to run native queries against a data source outside of the CLR i.e. LINQ to SQL, LINQ to XML etc. LINQ is query syntax, not a language or an O/RM. You can build an O/RM on top of the syntax provided by LINQ . LINQ is kinds of universal query language. We can use LINQ queries in two ways, 1.  ...