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

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

• The Microsoft .NET Framework, an operating system component required by all .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
  • Microsoft Intermediate Language (MSIL)
  • Common Type System
  • Tools and Languages
    • Visual Studio, a programmer's development environment.
    • Microsoft .NET Languages
    • C++/CLI
    • J#
    • JScript .NET
    • Microsoft Visual C#
    • Visual Basic .NET, a programming language
• Other items
  • Windows PowerShell
  • Mono development platform
  • DotGNU
  • Portable.NET