Flash, also known as Flash, is a standard for interactive vector graphics and Web animation introduced by macromedia and acquired by Adobe. Web designers use Flash to create beautiful, resizable navigation interfaces and other special effects. The predecessor of Flash is Future Wave's Future Splash, which is the first commercial two-dimensional vector animation software for designing and editing Flash documents in the world. 1996165438+10 In October, American Macromedia Company acquired Future Wave and changed its name to Flash. Later, it was acquired by Adobe on February 3, 2005. Flash is also commonly called Macromedia Flash Player. On August 2012 15, Flash quit the Android platform and officially bid farewell to the mobile terminal.
Flash has three meanings:
1, FLASH means "flash" in English;
2. It is a popular computer animation design software in the world.
3. Animation works popular on the Internet made on behalf of the above software. Flash is an interactive vector multimedia technology. Its predecessor is Futureplash, a popular vector animation plug-in on the Internet in the early days. Later, because Macromedia acquired Future Splash, it was renamed as Flash2, and now it is the latest flash4.
Now there are thousands of Flash websites on the Internet, such as the famous Macromedia ShockRave website, all of which use Shockwave Flash and Director. It can be said that Flash has gradually become the standard of interactive knowledge and a mainstream of future web pages.