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Sudhir Chekuri
Tuesday, 29 December 2015
.NET is a software framework introduced by Microsoft in the year 2000. It is a collection of different technologies and programming languages along with two base components BCL (Base Class Library)/FCL (Framework Class Library) and CLR.
BCL stands for Base Class Library which is a collection of pre-defined classes used for development of .NET applications. This is same as header files in C and Packages in JAVA.
CLR stands for Common Language Runtime which executes .NET applications providing security and memory management. This is same as JVM (Java Virtual Machine) in JAVA.
In .NET - . refer to access members and NET stands for Network enabled technologies.
We can create applications like Console, Windows, Websites, Web Services, Windows Services, Windows Phone applications, Windows Store apps and so on.
About Microsoft: Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology company that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports and sells computer software, consumer electronics and personal computers and services. Its best known software products are the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, Microsoft Office office suite, and Internet Explorer and Edge web browsers.
Founder: Bill Gates, Headquarters: Redmond
About Technology: Technology is the collection of techniques, methods and processes used in the product development.
Example: ASP.NET is a technology used to create web sites using some web techniques, concepts and ASP.NET class library.
About Programming language: A programming language is a formal constructed language designed to create a software.
About Website: A website is a set of related web pages typically served from a single web domain.
About Class library: Class library is a collection of predefined classes which contain standard implementations to use directly in programs to simply the code.
BCL stands for Base Class Library which is a collection of pre-defined classes used for development of .NET applications. This is same as header files in C and Packages in JAVA.
CLR stands for Common Language Runtime which executes .NET applications providing security and memory management. This is same as JVM (Java Virtual Machine) in JAVA.
In .NET - . refer to access members and NET stands for Network enabled technologies.
We can create applications like Console, Windows, Websites, Web Services, Windows Services, Windows Phone applications, Windows Store apps and so on.
About Microsoft: Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology company that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports and sells computer software, consumer electronics and personal computers and services. Its best known software products are the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, Microsoft Office office suite, and Internet Explorer and Edge web browsers.
Founder: Bill Gates, Headquarters: Redmond
About Technology: Technology is the collection of techniques, methods and processes used in the product development.
Example: ASP.NET is a technology used to create web sites using some web techniques, concepts and ASP.NET class library.
About Programming language: A programming language is a formal constructed language designed to create a software.
About Website: A website is a set of related web pages typically served from a single web domain.
About Class library: Class library is a collection of predefined classes which contain standard implementations to use directly in programs to simply the code.