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Adobe Flash is a platform for creating digital media content, including graphics, animation, audio, video and interactive media. Flash is most commonly used to display animated and/or interactive content on web pages but it can be used for other applications as well. In recent years Flash has also become a leader in online video delivery.
Adobe Flash is a multimedia platform originally acquired by Macromedia and currently developed and distributed by Adobe Systems. 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 Flash components, to integrate video into web pages, and more recently, to develop rich Internet applications.
1. SWF files are the normal way to deliver Flash on the Internet — the SWF file is embedded in a web page using special HTML code. The end user must have the Flash Player installed.
2. Flash files can be created as standalone executable files (.exe). This option is useful for delivering content on CD or DVD.