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Old 02-10-05, 05:22 AM   #12 (permalink)
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Actually, the .NET framework is the collection of runtime libraries used by anything that is compiled in Microsoft Visual Studio .NET, which includes C++ and Visual Basic.NET. So, if someone writes an application for your device in one of those languages, you'll need the framework installed on your device before you can use it.

The concept is simple and has been around for years. In the old days, an application would call upon certain DLLs so that every EXE on your PC or PDA didn't have redundant copies of the code compiled into the file, thereby wasting space. Nowadays, Microsoft just lumps it all together into the .NET framework, and they release updates to the whole thing instead of to one of the sub-components.

The current version is v1.1, and there's an update coming for it soon. When you install applications, read the literature carefully. It may require a particular version in order to run correctly on your device.
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