Why is P/Invoke called P/invoke?

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garyusenet

For example i'm told the following is an example of P/Invoke: -

[DllImport("User32.dll")]
static extern Boolean MessageBeep(UInt32 beepType);


but i see no mention of Pinvoke in this code, where does the name
originate from?

Thanks,

Gary.
 

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