Adobe Flash
Adobe Flash (previously called Macromedia Flash) is a multimedia
platform originally acquired by Macromedia and currently developed
and distributed by Adobe Systems. Since its introduction in 1996,
Flash has become a popular method for adding animation and
interactivity to web pages. Flash is commonly used to create
animation, advertisements, and various web page components, to
integrate video into web pages, and more recently, to develop rich
Internet applications.
Flash can manipulate vector and raster graphics and supports
bidirectional streaming of audio and video. It contains a scripting
language called ActionScript. Several software products, systems,
and devices are able to create or display Flash content, including
Adobe Flash Player, which is available free for most common web
browsers, some mobile phones and for other electronic devices
(using Flash Lite). The Adobe Flash Professional multimedia
authoring program is used to create content for the Adobe
Engagement Platform, such as web applications, games and movies,
and content for mobile phones and other embedded devices.
Files in the SWF format, traditionally called "ShockWave Flash"
movies, "Flash movies" or "Flash games", usually have a .swf file
extension and may be an object of a web page, strictly "played" in
a standalone Flash Player, or incorporated into a Projector, a
self-executing Flash movie (with the .exe extension in Microsoft
Windows or .hqx for Macintosh). Flash Video files[spec 1] have a
.flv file extension and are either used from within .swf files or
played through a flv aware player, such as (VLC), or QuickTime and
Windows Media Player with external codecs added.
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