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.Net provides functionality in the form of libraries which can develop any type of applications and that tool in a unified model. Earlier a language meant specialized in performing some type of programs. Like C - Compiler O/S etc. VB - Windows Forms ……. A language that follows.NET is not specialized in doing particular applications, any type of application can be developed. 40000+ …………… unified development. Other Features Very good security model with CLR Hardware independent applications Platform independent applications i.e. different rules for different platforms Completely object oriented applications Simplified development model Project life cycle implementation model Multi language environment Microsoft C# VB F# etc Other 40+ languages are available C# is one of the languages for .NET

It is server side technology for developing web and it’s related applications. It is a part of .NET and it is a collection of libraries within .NET. Lot of libraries only Not a language Not a Package Lot of libraries but only web related It needs a language to write a program or consume its libraries

Developed by Microsoft as a framework. A framework means collection of two things Base Class Libraries Common Language Run time It is not a language and package. It is designed for many languages and packages.