>>Hi,
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>>One of the most used terms I come across in .NET world is "entity" and I admit that I am clueless about what it means. The definition of Entity in the dictionary is "something that exists as a separate thing". This is very helpful, of course <g>; they might as well simply describe it as a "thing". But back to .NET world.
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>>I was just reading an article on the web on building business objects and the term "entity" is all over there:
>>"entity state"
>>"entity state type"
>>"entity state property"
>>etc.
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>>There is also a well known framework that has he word "Entity" in it.
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>>Could someone explain to me the term "entity" in the .NET? TIA.
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>IMO, at the end of the day. 'Entity' is just another word for an object.
So, in your opinion, 'Entity' could be business object, or DAL object, or UI object, right?
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