What Is Flash Software?
Flash software began in the early 1990s as a drawing application called SmartSketch that was used by the PenPoint operating system. The original idea was to create a program that would make drawing computer graphics as intuitive as drawing a picture on paper. The software eventually evolved to add frame-by-frame animation abilities and was re-christened FutureSplash Animator. Macromedia, the software giant, acquired the software in 1996 and contracted the name to Flash. Macromedia was subsequently acquired by Adobe.
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Considerations
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Flash, now properly referred to as Adobe Flash, is a multimedia computer platform that allows users to create and play animation.
Function
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Adobe Flash is used to integrate video and audio into Internet websites.
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Features
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Adobe Flash can support bi-directional audio and video streaming.
Identification
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Adobe Flash files can frequently be identified by the "swf" file extension, which means "ShockWave Flash."
Size
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The Adobe Flash player is almost ubiquitous. An estimated 99 percent of all desktop computers in the United States have the player installed (see link in Resources).
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Resources
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