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title: Primitives in ASP.NET Core
author: guardrex
description: Discover articles on ASP.NET Core building blocks shared by framework extensions that you can use in your own code.
manager: wpickett
ms.author: riande
ms.date: 10/28/2017
ms.prod: asp.net-core
ms.technology: aspnet
ms.topic: article
uid: fundamentals/primitives/index
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# Primitives in ASP.NET Core

ASP.NET Core primitives are low-level building blocks shared by framework extensions. You can use these building blocks in your own code.

[Detect changes with Change Tokens](xref:fundamentals/primitives/change-tokens)