The .NET Framework is a set of technologies that form an integral part of the .NET Platform. It is Microsoft’s managed code programming model for building applications.
The .NET Framework has two main components:
Common Language Runtime (CLR):
The CLR is one of the foundation in the .NET framework and provides a common set of services for applications developed on Microsoft .Net Technologies.
.NET Framework class library:
The .NET framework class library is a collection of reusable types and exposes features of the runtime. It contains of a set of classes that is used to access common functionality.
