.NET

Noun · Development

Definitions

  1. A free, open-source developer platform by Microsoft for building applications across web, mobile, desktop, cloud, and IoT. Originally Windows-only (.NET Framework), the modern .NET (formerly .NET Core) is cross-platform.

    In plain English: Microsoft's toolkit for building all kinds of software — once Windows-only, now runs everywhere and is completely open source.

    Example: "We migrated from .NET Framework 4.8 to .NET 8 and finally got to run on Linux."

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