Microsoft is launching this new technology as a response to Sun's Java technology. The Framework. NET has many similarities with the Java platform, so anyone who is familiar with Java will understand the operation immediately. NET.

Focusing on the concept Framework. NET, as the word says in English (Framework) is a framework in which our applications run. Our applications are no longer directly under the operating system if not running under the chassis or frame.

• Main elements. NET Framework:
• CLR (Common Language Runtime)
• The set of classes. NET Framework
• ASP.NET
• Web services
• Remoting
• Windows Forms

The CLR is the execution engine applications. NET, which is the Java virtual machine for Java, this engine is responsible for implementing all the code. NET for it to be in that language. The CLR is responsible for converting the intermediate language into machine language processor, this is usually done in real time by a JIT compiler (Just-In-Time) that incorporates the CLR.