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Silverlight
A free plug-in and a development tool that is powered by the .NET framework. It is used for creating user experiences for mobile applications and the web. The latest versions supported multimedia and graphics, alongside media streaming.
| First released | April 2007 |
| Developed by | Microsoft Corporation |
| Latest stable version | Silverlight 5 |
| Open-source | No |
| Used by | Ceridian Corporation, Infragistics, Inc., InfoReliance Corporation |
Interesting facts
The product is discontinued, but will be supported until October 2021.