.NET Framework: Difference between revisions

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The '''.NET''' initiative is a project by [[Microsoft]] to create a new development [[platform]], focused on network transparency, platform independence, and rapid application development. It largely replaces the former [[component object model]] (COM).

.NET is broadly three things.

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First, it's a strategic initiative. It's something to energise and motivate its staff and partners with a vision for the future. It's also something that just might give Microsoft an outside chance to dominate the [[Internet]], the way it does the desktop and the rest of computer devices.

Secondly, it's a [[software platform]] which was released in 2002. It presents a language-independent target for software development, with many built-in features including Internet integration and features intended to enhance security. In this respect it largely replaces the former [[component object model]] (COM).

* The [[Common Language Infrastructure]] (CLI) is a [[virtual machine]] and a standard class library (the [[Common Language Runtime]] which is designed to be independent of both [[programming languages]] and [[operating system]]s). The virtual machine executes the [[Microsoft Intermediate Language]] (MSIL) code.