Microsoft .NET is a set of Microsoft software technologies for connecting
your world of information, people, systems, and devices.
It enables an unprecedented level of software integration
through the use of XML Web services: small, discrete, building-block applications
that connect to each other - as well as to other, larger applications - via the Internet and Intranet.
The .NET Framework is the programming model of the .NET platform for building,
deploying, and running XML Web services and applications.
It manages much of the plumbing, enabling developers to focus on writing
the business logic code for their applications.
The .NET Framework includes the common language runtime and class libraries.
The .NET Framework provides a fully managed, protected, and feature-rich
application execution environment, simplified development and deployment,
and seamless integration with a wide variety of languages.