.NET Framework (pronounced dot net)
It is a software framework developed by Microsoft that runs primarily on Microsoft Windows. Microsoft started .NET framework in the late 1990s. It was named as Next Generation Windows Services (NGWS) at first. The reason for naming ‘.NET’ is not clear. Microsoft never disclosed the reason behind that. It includes a large class library known as Framework Class Library (FCL) and provides language interoperability (each language can use code written in other languages) across several programming languages. Programs written for .NET Framework execute in a software environment (as contrasted to hardware environment), known as Common Language Runtime (CLR), an application virtual machine that provides services such as security, memory management, andexception handling. FCL and CLR together constitute .NET Framework.
FCL provides user interface, data access, database connectivity, cryptography, web application development, numericalgorithms, and network communications. Programmers produce software by combining their own source code with .NET Framework and other libraries. .NET Framework is intended to be used by most new applications created for Windows platform. Microsoft also produces an integrated development environment largely for .NET software called Visual Studio.
What is a Dotnet(.Net):
After Studying Above Paragraph you can get a idea about what is the meaning of dotnet
and now its time to question what actually is .net?
.net ==>
.=> Object Oriented
N=> Network
E=>Enabled
T=>Technology
So Combindly Dotnet Means Object Oriented Network Enabled Technology
but rather than call it as a technology it can be called as a framework as .net is build of predefined libraries with which we will build code
Dotnet -Framework
Microsoft started development of .NET Framework in the late 1990s, originally under the name of Next Generation Windows Services (NGWS). By late 2000, the first beta versions of .NET 1.0 were released.
Version 3.0 of .NET Framework is included with Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista. Version 3.5 is included withWindows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, and can also be installed on Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. On 12 April 2010, .NET Framework 4 was released alongside Visual Studio 2010.
.NET Framework family also includes two versions for mobile or embedded device use. A reduced version of the framework,.NET Compact Framework, is available on Windows CE platforms, including Windows Mobile devices such as smartphones. Additionally, .NET Micro Framework is targeted at severely resource-constrained devices.
Generation
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Version
number
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version
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Release
date
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Development
tool
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Distributed with
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Supersedes
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Windows
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Windows Server
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1.0.3705.0
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1.0
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2002-02-13
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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1.1.4322.573
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1.1
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2003-04-24
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N/A
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1.0
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2.0.50727.42
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2.0
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2005-11-07
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N/A
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N/A
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3.0.4506.30
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2.0
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2006-11-06
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2.0
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3.5.21022.8
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2.0
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2007-11-19
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2.0, 3.0
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4.0.30319.1
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4
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2010-04-12
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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4.5.50709.17929
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4
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2012-08-15
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4.0
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4.5.50938.18408
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4
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2013-10-17
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4.0, 4.5
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4.5.51641
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4
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2014-05-05
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N/A
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N/A
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4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1
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Windows XP was delivered without any versions of the .Net Framework.
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