Definition: Also previously known as WPF/E (where E means Everywhere), Silverlight is a cut down cross-platform version of WPF and is a browser plugin that lets you run rich internet applications, including media, animation and games. Version 2.0 allows applications to be written in any .NET language including C#. Unlike most Microsoft software, Silverlight will run on most popular platforms.
Silverlight 2.0 comes with a class library which features extensible controls, XML Web Services, networking components and LINQ APIs. This class library is a subset of and is considerably smaller than .NET Framework's Class Library.
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Moonlight is Silverlight for Linux
