Microsoft Silverlight 2.0 is a Cross Browser, Cross platform, browser plugin, which servers a Rich User Interface over Web.

It facilitates to run rich Internet applications with emphasis on multimedia, animations, and graphics, 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. While early versions of Silverlight focused on streaming media, current versions support multimedia, graphics and animation, and give developers support for CLI languages and development tools