Windows DNA 5102071 192840036 2008-02-20T17:58:23Z MarXidad 71 Removed marketese '''Windows DNA''' is short for '''Windows Distributed interNet Applications Architecture''', a marketing name for a collection of [[Microsoft]] technologies that enable the [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] platform and the [[Internet]] to work together. Some of the principal technologies comprising DNA include [[ActiveX]], [[Dynamic HTML]] (DHTML) and [[Component Object Model|COM]]. Windows DNA has been largely superseded by the Microsoft [[.Net Framework]], and Microsoft no longer uses the term. ==External links== *[http://www.microsoft.com/technet/archive/itsolutions/intranet/plan/introdna.mspx?mfr=true Introducing Windows DNA: Framework for a New Generation of Computing Solutions] at Microsoft TechNet *[http://www.smartcomputing.com/editorial/dictionary/detail.asp?&searchtype=1&reftype=Encyclopedia&DicID=19618 Windows DNA] at Smart Computing Encyclopedia {{microsoft-stub}} [[Category:Windows communication and services]]