I am very confused about all these knew technologies . . . Could somebody answer my questions?

- What IS an ActiveX exe?
- How is an ActiveX exe different from a regular EXE?
- Is the coding for an ActiveX exe different than a reg. exe?
- What is COM?

Thanks,

JD


P.S. I know it isn't in the right forum, but what is XML and .NET, anyway? How is .NET different?