Another analogy for .NET developers: .NET Standard is like an interface .NET Core is like a class that implements the interface Desktop .NET framework is lik

Another analogy for .NET developers: .NET Standard is like an interface .NET Core is like a class that implements the interface Desktop .NET framework is like a class that implements that interface Mono is like a class that implements that interface Like any other class/interface relationship, the class has to implement all interface members, but may add class specific features