The .NET Framework (pronounced dot net) is a software framework developed by Microsoft that runs primarily on Microsoft Windows. wikipedia.org

C# (pronounced see sharp) is a multi-paradigm programming language encompassing strong typing, imperative, declarative, functional, generic, object-oriented (class-based), and component-oriented programming disciplines. wikipedia.org

Internet Information Services (IIS) _ formerly called Internet Information Server _ is a web server application and set of feature extension modules created by Microsoft for use with Microsoft Windows. wikipedia.org

Structured Query Language (SQL) is a programming language designed for managing data in relational database management systems (RDBMS). wikipedia.org

ADO.NET Entity Framework (ED) is an open source object-relational mapping (OR) framework for the NET Framework. wikipedia.org

ADO.NET (ActiveX Data Objects for .NET) is a set of computer software components that programmers can use to access data and data services. wikipedia.org

ASP.NET is a Web application framework developed and marketed by Microsoft to allow programmers to build dynamic Web sites, Web applications and Web services. wikipedia.org

A tutor is an instructor who gives private lessons. wikipedia.org

Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) is a style sheet language used to describe the presentation (that is, the look and formatting) of a document written in a markup language. wikipedia.org

The Windows Azure Platform is a Microsoft cloud platform used to build, host and scale web applications through Microsoft data centers. wikipedia.org