* .Net is a Software Technology which was introduced by Microsoft in the year of 2002.
* Microsoft is a leading organization which was established by Bill Gates in USA.
* .Net is a framework technology that means which is integrated with multiple technologies like Windows technology, web technology, web service technology, Windows service technology, Mobile Technology and so on..
* .Net is a framework technology due to that reason using single .net language we can develop various type of software applications like below.
* Console Applications
* Windows Applications
* Web Applications
* Web Service Applications
* Windows Service Applications
* Mobile Applications.
* .net is supporting for multiple programing languages which are called as .net supporting languages or .net languages. They are VB.net, VC++ .net, C#.net, C++.net………..
* To develop any type of application by using .net we have to use any one of the .net language like C#.net or VB.net
* ASP.Net is not a .net language it is a .net web technology, using ASP.net we can develop web applications.
* In .net , net means Network Enabled Technologies.
Example :
If you want to develop windows application by using .net we have to use a .net windows technology called windows forms and we have to use one .net language like C#.net or VB.net