.NET Framework is a technology that supports building and running Windows apps and web services.. NET Framework is designed to fulfill the following objectives: Provide a consistent, object-oriented programming environment whether object code is stored and executed locally, executed locally but web-distributed, or executed remotely.

.NET Framework is a run-time execution environment that manages apps that target.NET Framework. It consists of the common language runtime, which provides memory management and other system services, and an extensive class library, which enables programmers to take advantage of robust, reliable code for all major areas of app development.

NET is a free, cross-platform, open-source developer platform for building many different types of applications.