Flash Animation
Web designers can use Adobe Flash to create and modify vector and raster graphics and which does support the streaming of audio and video. Flash has a scripting language that is called ActionScript. Flash can be used in most web browsers and also some cell phones and other devices. There are a number of software applications for web designers are able to create or display Flash movies, including the Adobe Flash Player.

Flash Games and Movies
Adobe Flash used to be called Shockwave Flash and is a multimedia technology distributed by Adobe Systems and developed by Macromedia. The use of Flash technology has become a popular method for adding animation and interactivity to web pagesand it is commonly used to create animation, advertisements, web page components, web videos, web pages, and rich Internet applications.

Authoring
As a graphics tool, Flash can manipulate vector and raster graphics and supports tw0-way audio and video streaming. Flash has a scripting language called ActionScript and it is available in most web browsers and some cell phones, PDAs, smart phones, and other electronic devices. Many types of software products, systems, and devices are able to create or display Flash including the Adobe Flash Player (no surprise there...). Content such as web applications, games, widgets, animated ads, movies, and content for mobile phones and other embedded devices are authored using the Adobe Flash Professional multimedia authoring program.