<s>
IL2CPU	B-Language
(	O
IL	O
To	O
CPU	O
)	O
is	O
an	O
ahead-of-time	B-Application
(	O
AOT	B-Application
)	O
compiler	O
for	O
.NET	B-Application
that	O
is	O
written	O
using	O
one	O
of	O
its	O
Common	O
Intermediate	O
Language	O
compliant	O
languages	O
(	O
C#	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
translates	O
Common	O
Intermediate	O
Language	O
to	O
bare	O
metal	O
machine	B-Language
code	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
IL2CPU	B-Language
is	O
the	O
primary	O
compilation	O
component	O
of	O
the	O
Cosmos	B-Operating_System
Project	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
is	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
same	O
team	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IL2CPU	B-Language
was	O
created	O
in	O
2005	O
by	O
the	O
Cosmos	B-Operating_System
team	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
originally	O
designed	O
for	O
the	O
.NET	B-Application
Framework	I-Application
,	O
but	O
has	O
since	O
been	O
upgraded	O
to	O
.NET	B-Application
Core	I-Application
,	O
which	O
is	O
now	O
known	O
as	O
just	O
.NET	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
,	O
it	O
is	O
planned	O
to	O
be	O
superseded	O
by	O
.NET	B-Application
'	O
s	O
native	O
ahead-of-time	B-Application
(	O
AOT	B-Application
)	O
compiler	O
,	O
NativeAOT	O
,	O
however	O
it	O
is	O
still	O
in	O
active	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IL2CPU	B-Language
is	O
a	O
console	O
program	O
invoked	O
by	O
the	O
Cosmos	B-Operating_System
build	O
process	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
takes	O
in	O
a	O
dynamic	O
link	O
library	O
(	O
DLL	O
)	O
file	O
,	O
systematically	O
scans	O
its	O
opcodes	B-Language
and	O
outputs	O
x86	B-Operating_System
instructions	O
to	O
be	O
consumed	O
by	O
one	O
of	O
Cosmos	B-Operating_System
's	O
output	O
methods	O
,	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
to	O
create	O
an	O
ISO	O
disk	B-Application
image	I-Application
file	O
or	O
to	O
be	O
booted	O
over	O
the	O
network	O
via	O
PXE	B-Device
.	O
</s>
