<s>
Windows	B-Device
DNA	I-Device
,	O
short	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
Distributed	O
interNet	O
Applications	O
Architecture	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
marketing	O
name	O
for	O
a	O
collection	O
of	O
Microsoft	O
technologies	O
that	O
enable	O
the	O
Windows	B-Application
platform	O
and	O
the	O
Internet	O
to	O
work	O
together	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
of	O
the	O
principal	O
technologies	O
that	O
DNA	O
comprises	O
are	O
ActiveX	B-Application
,	O
Dynamic	B-General_Concept
HTML	I-General_Concept
(	O
DHTML	B-General_Concept
)	O
and	O
COM	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Windows	B-Device
DNA	I-Device
has	O
been	O
largely	O
superseded	O
by	O
the	O
Microsoft	B-Application
.NET	I-Application
Framework	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Microsoft	O
no	O
longer	O
uses	O
the	O
term	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
support	O
web-based	O
applications	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
has	O
tried	O
to	O
add	O
Internet	O
features	O
into	O
the	O
operating	O
system	O
using	O
COM	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
developing	O
a	O
web-based	O
application	O
using	O
COM-based	O
Windows	B-Device
DNA	I-Device
is	O
quite	O
complex	O
,	O
because	O
Windows	B-Device
DNA	I-Device
requires	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
numerous	O
technologies	O
and	O
languages	O
.	O
</s>
