The .NET initiative is a project by
Microsoft to create a new development platform, focused on network transparency, platform independence, and rapid application development.
.NET is a combination of a number of related technologies:
- The [C# programming language]?, an object-oriented language similar to Java
- The Common Language Infrastructure, a virtual machine and standard class library (the [Common Language Runtime]? which is designed to be independent of both programming languages and operating systems
- Web services using the SOAP protocol
- Hailstorm?, a centralized [single sign-on]? system
Microsoft has submitted the specifications for C#, the CLR, and various other pieces of .NET technologies to ECMA? for standardization.
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