What is .net framework [Resolved]

.NET Framework is a complete environment that allows developers to develop, run, and deploy the following applications:

- Console applications
- Windows Forms applications
- Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) applications
- Web applications (ASP.NET applications)
- Web services
- Windows services
- Service-oriented applications using Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)
- Workflow-enabled applications using Windows Workflow Foundation (WF)

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Microsoft .Net Framework is a programming infrastructure created by Microsoft for building, deploying, and running applications and services that use .NET technologies, such as desktop applications and Web services. i.e. Its a platform to develop console, windows as well as web applications ......
The .NET Framework contains three major parts:
1) Common Language Runtime: A runtime environment that manages the execution of .NET program code and provides services such as memory and exception management, debugging and profiling, and security. The CLR is a major component of the .NET framework.

2) Framework Class Library(FCL): The collective name for the thousands of classes that compose the .NET Framework. The services provided by the FCL include runtime core functionality (basic types and collections, file and network I/O, accessing system services, etc.), interaction with databases, consuming and producing XML, and support for building Web-based and desktop-based client applications

3) ASP.NET : ASP.NET is used to create Web pages and Web services and is an integral part of Microsoft's .NET vision

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The .Net framework is a revolutionary platform that helps you to write the following types of applications:
? Windows applications
? Web applications
? Console applications
? Web services

The .Net framework applications are multi-platform applications.
The framework has been designed in such a way that it can be used from any of the following languages: C#, C++, Visual Basic, Jscript, COBOL etc. All these languages can access the framework as well as communicate with each other.

The .Net framework consists of an enormous library of codes used by the client languages like C#.
Following are some of the components of the .Net framework:

? Common Language Runtime (CLR)
? The .Net Framework Class Library
? Common Language Specification
? Common Type System
? Metadata and Assemblies Windows Workflow Foundation (WF)
? Windows Presentation Foundation
? Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)
? LINQ

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.NET Framwork:
Microsoft .NET is a software development platform based onvirtual machine architecture. Dot Net Platform is:
Language Independent : dot net application can be developed different languages (such asC#, VB, C++, etc.)
Platform Independent : dotnet application can be run on any operating system which has .net framework installed.
Hardware Independent : dot net application can run on any hardwareconfiguration
It allows us to build windows basedapplication, web based application, webservice, mobile application, etc.

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