.NET Framework – In Short

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An application software platform from Microsoft, introduced in 2002 and commonly called .NET (“dot net”). The .NET platform is similar in purpose to the Java J2EE platform, and like Java’s JVM runtime engine, .NET’s runtime engine must be installed in the computer in order to run .NET applications. .NET supports SOAP-based Web services as well as Microsoft’s legacy Component Object Model.
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