Is the garbage collector in .net system-wide or application-wide?

Question

During discussion with my collegue, I got a doubt that the garbage collector in .net works system wide or application wide.

Means if every application having its ow

Answer 1

Have a look at this page (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee787088.aspx), especially under the section The Managed Heap. That should answer your questions.