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What does XAP stand for?

What does XAP stand for? is it an acronym? I know what silverlight XAP file contains but dont know what it stands for.

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funwithcoding Avatar asked Jan 28 '11 14:01

funwithcoding


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Silverlight Application Package

http://www.sharpened.net/extensions/file/xap

http://forums.asp.net/t/1277554.aspx

The X doesn't mean anything. I've asked, too.

From what I can tell, they didn't want it to look too much like *.ZIP or *.SAP.

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Jeremiah Avatar answered Oct 06 '22 23:10

Jeremiah