ASP.NET MVC Model vs ViewModel

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Essentially Model and View Model are both simple classes with attributes.

The main objective of these classes are to describe (to “Model”) an object for their respective audiences that are respectively the controller and the view.

So you are completely right when you say

To my understanding, it’s a kind of
Model that has a specific purpose of
interacting with the View

So, while Model classes are effectively Domain Entities that your application interact with, View Models are simple classes that your views interact with.

Hope it helps 🙂

Update:

Microsoft has developed a specialized version of the Presentation Pattern by Martin fowler largely based on the Model-View-Controller and called it Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM) for PF application. This pattern is targeted at modern UI development platforms where UI developers have different requirements based more on business logic than traditional developers. Have a look here for a bit of theory

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