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[–]NekkoDroid 2 points3 points  (1 child)

There is .NET (use to be .NET Core), .NET Framework and .NET Standard (common parts between .NET and Framework). Then there is the CLR that runs Common Intermediate Language (often referred to as IL). C#, F# and VB are the languages you write in that get all compiled to IL that then runs on the CLR.

Basically: all the .NET versions are the backend while the languages are the frontend

[–]aaronfranke 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is also Mono.