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.Net is a platform developed by Microsoft that is built on a common bytecode called the Common Language Runtime (CLR), which is similar to Java's JVM.

Contents 1 .Net Framework classes 2 .Net Languages 3 OpenSource .Net implementations 4 See also

.Net Framework classes

The .Net platform is said to be "managed" due to the way it manages memory. As part of this managed environment, there are a large number of classes defined in the standard .Net libraries.

.Net Languages

• C#
• Managed_C_plus_plus|Managed C++
• VB.Net
• ASP.Net

OpenSource .Net implementations

There are a couple of OpenSource implementations of .Net available including Mono and DotGNU.

See also

• Compiled languages section