From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |Latest release:||8 (9) /
September 30, 2005 (June 27, 2006)| |OS:||Windows (no native
Windows XP Professional x64 Edition support), Mac OS X and
32-bit Intel compatible GNU/Linux| |Use:||Multimedia Content
Creator| |Website:||Adobe.com's Flash page| Adobe Flash, or
simply Flash, refers to both the Adobe Flash Player, and to the
Adobe Flash Professional multimedia authoring program. Adobe
Flash Professional 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). The
Flash Player, developed and distributed by Adobe Systems (which
acquired Macromedia in 2005 in a merger that was finalized in
December 2006), is a client application available in most common
web browsers. It features support for vector and raster
graphics, a scripting language called ActionScript and bi-
directional streaming of audio and video. There are also
versions of the Flash Player for mobile phone