What is the .NET Framework?

CLR - Common Language Runtime

• Manages common runtime tasks
  • Memory management
  • Process/thread scheduling and control
  • Execution security policies
  • Dependencies between components
• Unified environment that can work across many programming languages

Unified Programming Classes

• Provides common set of GUI widgets and other "common" utility classes to replace disparate libraries
  • MFC
  • WFC
  • VB

ASP+

• Builds on the unified programming classes to provide web applications UI widgets and control infrastructure

References: C