Architecture

Components

Implementations

Microsoft	.NET .NET Framework .NET Compact Framework .NET Micro Framework
Other	Mono DotGNU

Major languages	C# Visual Basic F# PowerShell
Other	Axum A# Boo Cobra C++/CLI IronScheme IronPython IronRuby JScript .NET J# Nemerle Oxygene Phalanger Q# Scala Small Basic X#
Comparison	C# and Java C# and Visual Basic .NET Java and .NET platforms Visual Basic and Visual Basic .NET