.NET FRAMEWORK in-depth

 .NET Framework Types:

The .NET Framework is available in 4 different types:

 .NET Framework: This is the general version, required to run .NET applications on Windows operating system.

 .NET Compact Framework: This is required to run .NET applications on other devices like PDA (Personal Digital Assistants), Mobile phones and Smart phones.

 .NET Micro Framework: This is very much smaller in memory size. This is designed to run .NET applications on the like Mobile phones and Smart phones having small memory capacity.

 .NET Mono Framework: This is required to run .NET applications on other operating systems like UNIX, LINUX and Solaris etc.

Components of .NET Framework

The .NET Framework is simply a collection of two components.
1. FCL (.NET Framework Class Library)
2. CLR (Common Language Runtime)