Difference between Finalize() and Dispose()

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Finalize :
Finalize() is called by the runtime
it is a destructor and called by Garbage Collector when the object goes out of scope.
Implement it if we have unmanaged resources in your code, and want to make sure that these resources are freed when the Garbage collection happens.

Dispose :
Dispose() is called by the user
Same purpose as finalize, to free unmanaged resources. However, implement this when you are writing a custom class, that will be used by other users.
Overriding Dispose() provides a way for the user code to free the unmanaged objects in your custom class.

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http://forums.asp.net/t/466400.aspx/1
hope this will help.

Finalize(): This method is called by Garbage Collector implicitly to free unmanaged resources. The garbage collector calls this method at some point after there are no longer valid references to the object. There are some resources like windows handles, database connections which cannot be collected by the garbage collector. Therefore the programmer needs to call Dispose() method of IDisposable interface

Dispose(): of IDisposable interface is called by the programmer to explicitly release resources when they are no longer being used. Dispose () can be called even if other references to the object are alive