NET is a general-purpose software development platform, similar to Java. At its core is a virtual machine that turns intermediate language (IL) into machine code. High-level language compilers for C#, VB.NET and C++ are provided to turn source code into IL. C# is a new programming language, very similar to Java.

Bill Gates delivered a keynote at Forum 2000, held June 22, 2000, outlining the .NET 'vision'. The July 2000 PDC had a number of sessions on .NET technology, and delegates were given CDs containing a pre-release version of the .NET framework/SDK and Visual Studio.NET.

The final versions of the 1.0 SDK and runtime were made publicly available around 6pm PST on 15-Jan-2002. At the same time, the final version of Visual Studio.NET was made available to MSDN subscribers. NET 2.0 was released to MSDN subscribers in late October 2005, and was officially launched in early November.

I don't know what they were thinking. They certainly weren't thinking of people using search tools. It's meaningless marketing nonsense.

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Net Development Cost is a calculation applied to HUD properties sold at a discount of 10 percent or more. It applies to government entities and qualified nonprofit organizations that have been pre-approved by HUD to purchase HUD Homes. Non-profit organizations and government entities must pass on the discount received from HUD to increase homeownership opportunities for low- and moderate-income families and individuals.

Besides the on-line Galactic Guide, the PGG mailing list and the PGG Crap Books, PGG also maintains the following Official Attractions: This is the official Web site of Project Galactic Guide. It's where you can find all relevant information relative to the Project: from the latest on-line version of this FAQ (http://megadodo.com/faq/) to the online article database (http://megadodo.com/articles/).

Yes. For an example of how to do this, take a look at the source for the dm.net moniker developed by Jason Whittington and Don Box. There is also a code sample in the .NET SDK called CorHost.

Yes. ATL will continue to be valuable for writing COM components for some time, but it has no place in the .NET world.

NET remoting involves sending messages along channels. Two of the standard channels are HTTP and TCP. TCP is intended for LANs only - HTTP can be used for LANs or WANs (internet). Support is provided for multiple message serializarion formats. Examples are SOAP (XML-based) and binary. By default, the HTTP channel uses SOAP (via the .NET runtime Serialization SOAP Formatter), and the TCP channel uses binary (via the .NET runtime Serialization Binary Formatter).

Use P/Invoke. This uses similar technology to COM Interop, but is used to access static DLL entry points instead of COM objects. Here is an example of C# calling the Win32 MessageBox function: using System; using System.Runtime.InteropServices; class MainApp { [DllImport("user32.dll", EntryPoint="MessageBox", SetLastError=true, CharSet=CharSet.