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Microsoft .NET is an umbrella term that applies to a wide collection of products and technologies from Microsoft. Most have in common a dependence on the Microsoft .NET Framework, a component of the Windows operating system.

.NET has progressed through versions 1.0 through to the current 3.0. (Version 3.5 is presently in beta testing.)

Microsoft products and components that fall into the .NET category include:

• The Microsoft .NET Framework, an operating system component required by most .NET products.
• .NET Passport

See also

• Microsoft .NET Framework items
  • ADO.NET, a data access library
  • ASP.NET, web page development
  • Managed code
  • Common Language Runtime
  • Common Language Infrastructure
    • Shared Source Common Language Infrastructure
  • Common Intermediate Language
  • Common Type System
  • Tools and Languages
    • Microsoft Visual Studio, a programmer's development environment.
    • .NET Languages
    • C++/CLI
    • F#
    • J#
    • JScript .NET
    • Microsoft Visual C#
    • Visual Basic .NET, a programming language
    • IronPython
    • Windows PowerShell, a command line interpreter and scripting language
• Open Source implementations:
  • Mono development platform
  • DotGNU
    • Portable.NET

• .NET framework