What is the difference between WPF and WCF.

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WCF = Windows COMMUNICATION Foundation WCF deals with communication (in simple terms - sending and receiving data as well as formatting and serialization involved).this Microsoft’s unified programming model for building service-oriented applications. It enables developers to build secure, reliable, transacted solutions that integrate across platforms and interoperate with existing investments. =========================================================== WPF = Windows PRESENTATION Foundation. WPF deals with presentation (UI).provides a unified framework for building applications and high-fidelity experiences in Windows Vista that blend application UI, documents, and media content. WPF offers developers 2D and 3D graphics support, hardware-accelerated effects, scalability to different form factors, interactive data visualization, and superior content readability.

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Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)

Next-Generation User Experiences. The Windows Presentation Foundation, WPF, provides a unified framework for building applications and high-fidelity experiences in Windows Vista that blend application UI, documents, and media content. WPF offers developers 2D and 3D graphics support, hardware-accelerated effects, scalability to different form factors, interactive data visualization, and superior content readability.

Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)

Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) is Microsoft’s unified programming model for building service-oriented applications. It enables developers to build secure, reliable, transacted solutions that integrate across platforms and interoperate with existing investments.

Refer following links

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/netframework/default.aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/hi-in/library/dd456779(en-us,VS.100).aspx

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