.ashx file in asp.net?

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It is an ASP.Net web handler file.

Read Generic Handlers (ASHX Files)

What is an ASHX file Handler or web handler?

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It's for an ASP.NET handler as opposed to a page. For example, I use handlers to respond to Google Wave requests in my .NET Robot API.