Understanding .NET
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”
– George Santayana
.NET, .NET Core, .NET Framework, and Xamarin are related and overlapping platforms for developers used to build applications and services.
If you are not familiar with the history of .NET, then I introduce you to each of these .NET concepts at the following link:
https://github.com/markjprice/cs12dotnet8/blob/main/docs/ch01-dotnet-history.md
Understanding .NET support
.NET versions are either Long Term Support (LTS), Standard Term Support (STS) (formerly known as Current), or Preview, as described in the following list: