Windows DNA

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Windows DNA is short for Windows Distributed interNet Applications Architecture, a marketing name for a collection of Microsoft technologies that enable the Windows platform and the Internet to work together. Some of the principal technologies comprising DNA include ActiveX, Dynamic HTML (DHTML) and COM.

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Microsoft Windows DNA brochure from circa 2000

The brochure picture at the right was accompanied with text similar to the following: Microsoft® Windows® Distributed interNet Applications Architecture (Windows DNA) is Microsoft's framework for building a new generation of highly adaptable business solutions that enable companies to fully exploit the benefits of the Digital_Nervous_System. Windows DNA is the first application architecture to fully embrace and integrate the Internet, client/server, and PC models of computing for a new class of distributed computing solutions. Using the Windows DNA model, customers can build modern, scalable, multitier business applications that can be delivered over any network. Windows DNA applications can improve the flow of information within and without the organization, are dynamic and flexible to change as business needs evolve, and can be easily integrated with existing systems and data. Because Windows DNA applications leverage deeply integrated Windows platform services that work together, organizations can focus on delivering business solutions rather than on being systems integrators.