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title: "what is the silverlight?"  
description: "what is the silverlight?"  
author: "Amit Singh"  
published: 2011-03-22  
updated: 2020-09-19  
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category: "silverlight"  
tags: ["silverlight"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# what is the silverlight?

Microsoft Silverlight is an application framework for writing and running rich Internet applications, with features and purposes similar to those of Adobe Flash. The run-time environment for Silverlight is available as a plug-in for most web browsers.

## Answers

### Answer by Anoop Singh

Microsoft Silverlight is an application framework for writing and running rich Internet applications, with features and purposes similar to those of Adobe Flash. The run-time environment for Silverlight is available as a plug-in for most web browsers.


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