Although .NET was originally restricted to Microsoft’s proprietary Windows operating system and platforms, .NET applications can now be written for the web, macOS, iOS, Android, Linux, and more ...

Blocking Issues: The .NET Framework 4.7.2 is not supported on this operating system. More information about blocked .NET Framework 4.7.2 installations.

.NET Framework: Introduced in 2002, .NET Framework was the original implementation of the .NET platform. It primarily targeted Windows applications and included a rich set of libraries and tools.

.NET Standard is an API specification that defines what Base Class Libraries must be implemented. .NET Core is a managed framework optimized for building console, cloud, ASP.NET Core, and UWP appli ...

A open source version of Microsoft's .NET platform for ARM devices (smartphones, tablets, etc.). It runs in as little as 300KB of RAM compared to 12MB for the .NET Framework.

As Immo Landwerth, program manager for .NET, notes on GitHub, .NET Core began life with a minimal set of APIs from the .NET Framework, with 18,000 or so, enough to deliver key functions.

Currently, .NET Standard 2.0 is supported on .NET Framework 4.6.1, .NET Core 2.0, Mono 5.4, Xamarin iOS 10.14, Xamarin.Mac 3.8 and Xamarin.Android 7.5. Support for Windows 10 Universal Windows ...