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.NET Namespace

Meaning in Life

System.Windows

The System.Windows namespace is the root for several 

System.Windows.Controls

namespaces that represent the Windows Presentation 

System.Windows.Shapes

Foundation (WPF) UI toolkit.

System.Linq

These namespaces define types used when programming 

System.Xml.Linq

against the LINQ API.

System.Data.Linq

System.Web

This is one of many namespaces that allow you to build

ASP.NET web applications.

System.ServiceModel

This is one of many namespaces used to build distributed

applications using the WCF API.

System.Workflow.Runtime

These are two of many namespaces that define types used 

System.Workflow.Activities

to build “workflow-enabled” applications using the WCF API.

System.Threading

This namespace defines numerous types to build

multithreaded applications.

System.Security

Security is an integrated aspect of the .NET universe. In the

security-centric namespaces, you find numerous types

dealing with permissions, cryptography, and so on.

System.Xml

The XML-centric namespaces contain numerous types used

to interact with XML data.