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title: What Is the Net Framework
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<a href='https://www.microsoft.com/net' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>.NET Framework</a> or simply, .NET is a multi-purpose multi-language runtime framework; created and owned by <a href='https://www.microsoft.com' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>Microsoft</a>.
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It has a large class library, supports language interpolability; and runs primarily on Windows.
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Microsoft started development of .NET Framework in the late 1990s, and by 2000s; a beta version was released. Other than Windows GUI development and Windows Phone apps development; the .NET framework is used in web development.
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It works seamlessly with <a href='https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>Microsoft Azure</a> cloud hosting platform and <a href='https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/server-cloud/products/sql-server/' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>SQL Server</a> database. It allows programming the server side in multiple different languages; predominantly in <a href='https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/67ef8sbd.aspx' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>C#</a>.
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With <a href='https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/default.aspx' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>MSDN</a> as a content-rich community, there are lots of potentials and benefits to using .NET for web development.
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