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The ".NET" area uses an own set of abbreviations, which can look confusing to other people. Here a short list with their explanations:
This is what most people mean when they say ".NET". The CLI defines
mainly the virtual machine, bytecode and how everything works together and is
an ISO
and ECMA
standard.
The CLR is an implementation of the CLI (often with a lot of addons for developers), like Mono or Microsoft .NET Framework is.
CIL is the the format of the bytecode (for binaries and libraries) used by CLI.
The word .NET is a marketing word by Microsoft, which is basically a CLR with added Microsoft technologies like: ASP.NET, VB.NET, System.Windows.Forms, Passport and a lot of other things. We highly discourage from using any form of the word ".NET", it is burdened by copyright and marketing. We advice to use the correct term instead, which is often CLI.
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