What does .NET stand for? Is it an acronym?

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I've seen pronunciation guides and all sorts of definitions of .NET as a framework, but no definition or explanation of the actual name of the framework.

Wikipedia doesn't seem to know. This question didn't cover it.

Anybody know? Is it pure marketing-generated nonsense, or does it mean something?

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