What are Option Strict and Option Explicit? What are all the differences between Dispose and Finalize()? What is the difference between System.String and System.StringBuilder classes? What is Delegate? What is the difference between value and reference types? What is Managed code?

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Option Strict and Option Explicit are compiler directives in VB.NET
Dispose() is used to release unmanaged resources while Finalize() is used for garbage collection
System.String is immutable while System.StringBuilder is mutable
Delegate is a type that represents a reference to a method
Value types store data directly while reference types store a reference to the data
Managed code is code that is executed by the .NET runtime environment