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Virtual machine component of Microsoft's .NET framework
CLR implements the Virtual Execution System (VES) as defined in the Common Language Infrastructure (CLI) standard, initially developed by Microsoft itself. A public standard defines the Common Language Infrastructure specification.[2]
Overview of the .NET Framework CLR release history[1]
During the transition from legacy .NET technologies like the .NET Framework and its proprietary runtime to the community-developed .NET Core, the CLR was dubbed CoreCLR.[3] Today, it is simply called the .NET runtime.[4] The new runtime for .NET Core follows semantic versioning. A later runtime version is able to run programs built for an earlier runtime version of the same major version (e.g. 2.2 and 2.1 have the same major version).[5]
^Kang, M. "Is .NET Core Runtime backwards compatible with previous releases?". Stack Overflow. ...NET Core runtime updates are compatible within a major version 'band' such as 1.x and 2.x. [...] ".NET Core 2.1" refers to the .NET Core Runtime version number. The .NET Core Runtime has a major/minor/patch approach to versioning that follows semantic versioning.
