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title: "what is the silverlight runtime?"  
description: "what is the silverlight runtime?"  
author: "Amit Singh"  
published: 2011-03-17  
updated: 2020-09-20  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/interview/423/what-is-the-silverlight-runtime  
category: "silverlight"  
tags: ["silverlight"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# what is the silverlight runtime?

It is basically a component that is responsible for downloading the .xap file from the server and help the users to see the silevelight content's olutput in a web page .xap file is basically a file that connects the silverlight functionality with .aspx page...xap file is used for referencing the SilverlIght resources on a .aspx page.

## Answers

### Answer by Amit Singh

It is basically a component that is responsible for downloading the .xap file from the server and help the users to see the silevelight content's olutput in a web page .xap file is basically a file that connects the silverlight functionality with .aspx page...xap file is used for referencing the SilverlIght resources on a .aspx page.


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