# Windows DNA

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***Windows DNA***, short for ***Windows Distributed interNet Applications Architecture***, was a marketing name for a collection of [Microsoft](/source/Microsoft) technologies that enabled the [Windows](/source/Microsoft_Windows) platform and the [Internet](/source/Internet) to work together. Some of the principal technologies that DNA comprised were [ActiveX](/source/ActiveX), [Dynamic HTML](/source/Dynamic_HTML) (DHTML) and [COM](/source/Component_Object_Model). Windows DNA was superseded by the Microsoft [.NET Framework](/source/.NET_Framework).[1] The goal of Windows DNA was to extend Windows-centric Application development to include Internet capabilities.[2] In additional internet capabilities, Windows DNA provided a reference architecture for a "three-tier" application, separating presentation, business, and data layers.[3] Microsoft positioned Windows DNA to allow developers to build applications for the corporate market.[4]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Microsoft Windows Distributed interNet Applications (DNA) Architecture"](https://networkencyclopedia.com/microsoft-windows-distributed-internet-applications-dna-architecture/#Transition).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Windows DNA Home Page"](https://web.archive.org/web/19991018235025/http://www.microsoft.com/dna/). Archived from [the original](http://www.microsoft.com/dna/) on 1999-10-18.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Windows Distributed interNet Applications architecture (Windows DNA)"](https://web.archive.org/web/20070312141926/http://www.smartcomputing.com/editorial/dictionary/detail.asp?&searchtype=1&reftype=Encyclopedia&DicID=19618). Archived from [the original](http://www.smartcomputing.com/editorial/dictionary/detail.asp?&searchtype=1&reftype=Encyclopedia&DicID=19618) on 2007-03-12.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Unraveling Windows DNA"](https://web.archive.org/web/20111014002111/http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb263931(v=vs.85).aspx). 1999-05-10. Archived from [the original](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb263931(v=vs.85).aspx) on 2011-10-14.

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