Chapter 1. .NET Compact Framework Architecture
The .NET Compact Framework is a programming interface and runtime library created at the nexus of two Microsoft technologies: (1) Windows CE, an operating system for mobile and embedded smart devices, and (2) .NET, Microsoft's reinvention of its programming interfaces and developer tools. This chapter covers key elements of Windows CE and key elements of .NET to show how they work together in version 1.0 of the .NET Compact Framework.
In the early 1990s, Microsoft declared that two technologies were core to its long-term strategic plans: Win32 and COM. Microsoft created Win32, the 32-bit Windows Application Programming Interface (API),[1] as a successor to its then-dominant Win16 API. COM, Microsoft's ...
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