What is the difference between Site Definition and Site Template?
Rajkiran Swain
A site definition defines a unique SharePoint site. Site definition is a combination of multiple files like .xml, .aspx, .ascx, and .master page, .gif , .doc etc and are stored in C:\ProgramFiles\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\14\TEMPLATE\SiteTemplates directory. But Site Templates are created from an existing site and are stored in Content database in the Sandboxed Solution gallery.