is a trimmed down version of the .NET framework aimed at providing a leaner deployment package for systems that are just intended to run .NET client software. It ends up being around 23mb and should make it easier to deploy on the web to computers that might not have the latest version of .NET installed. Below is a link to a blog that has a link to a list of assemblies included in the profile 🙂
POKE 53280,0: Pete Brown’s Blog : What’s in the .NET Framework Client Profile?