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.NET Framework version history

Microsoft started development on the .NET Framework in the late 1990s originally under the name of Next Generation Windows Services (NGWS). By late 2001 the first beta versions of .NET Framework 1.0 were released. The first version of .NET Framework was released on 13 February 2002, bringing managed code to Windows NT 4.0, 98, 2000, Me and XP.

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.NET Framework 1.0

.NET Framework 1.1

Service Pack 1

.NET Framework 2.0

.NET Framework 3.0

.NET Framework 3.5

.NET Framework 4.0

.NET Framework 4.5

.NET Framework 4.6

.NET Framework 4.7

.NET Framework 4.8

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.NET Framework version history

Nodes171
Edges170
Triples2
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.011696
Components1

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net framework windows version support released server new also service pack 2008 vista release xp applications visual features microsoft supported

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smartphonesinstance ofincluding Windows Mobile devices0.80text
Language Integrated Queryinstance ofwhich adds some methods and properties to the BCL classes in version 2.0 which are required for version 3.5 features0.80text

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