.NET is an open source platform for building desktop, web and mobile applications that can run natively on any operating system. The .NET system includes tools, libraries and languages that support modern, scalable and high-performance software development. An active developer community manages and supports the .NET platform.
In simple terms, the .NET platform is software that can perform these tasks:
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Convert the .NET programming language code into instructions that a computing device can process.
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Provide utilities for efficient software development. For example, it can find the current time or print the text displayed on the screen.
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Define a set of data types to store information such as text, numbers, and dates on your computer.
