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Macromedia Flash, or simply Flash, refers to both a multimedia authoring program and the Macromedia Flash Player, written and distributed by Macromedia, that utilizes vector and bitmap graphics, sound and program code and bidirectional streaming video and audio (upstreaming only available when used in conjunction with Macromedia Flash Communication Server). Strictly speaking, Macromedia Flash is the authoring environment and Flash Player is the virtual machine application used to run the Flash files, but in colloquial language these have become mixed: "Flash" can mean either the authoring environment, the player or the application files.

Macromedia Flash MX 2004 The Flash files, which usually have an SWF file extension, may appear in a web page for viewing in a web browser, or standalone Flash players may "play" them. Flash files occur most often in animations on web pages and rich-media web sites, and more recently Rich Internet Applications. They are also widely used in web advertisements. In recent versions, Macromedia has expanded Flash beyond the simple animations, into a complete application development tool, mainly to create Rich Internet Applications. Flash will become an Adobe product if the merger between Adobe and Macromedia is approved.

Advantages The Macromedia Flash file format has several features that make it a popular option for delivering advertising and for certain types of websites, such as those which require a very sophisticated or special user interface unattainable with HTML or Javascript. Has a large and vibrant [open source community]. Like CSS with HTML, PostScript, SVG and PDF, Flash can be used to specify exact positioning of the various page elements. This gives the designer a great degree of control over how the user interface looks. The layout can also be adjusted on-the-fly with ActionScript. Flash supports progressive streaming by default (frames of animation load individually and can be shown before the entire file is loaded). It also has support for loading in true streaming video using Flash Communication Server. Flash uses Unicode, which makes it suitable for internationalization. Like PostScript, SVG and PDF, Flash uses vector graphics; they may translate into small file sizes which take less bandwidth to transmit than bitmaps do. Macromedia has released the specifications of the Flash file format, and compatible third-party tools exist (Macromedia has not released the specifications of Flash-related formats such as AMF though). Flash players exist for a wide variety of different systems and devices. Flash content can run consistently on Microsoft Windows, Mac OS, Linux and various other Unix systems (Macromedia has created or licensed players for the following operating systems: GNU/Linux x86, Windows, Mac OS 9/X, Solaris, HP-UX, Pocket PC, OS/2, Symbian, Palm OS, BeOS and IRIX). Olivier Debon has written an open source version of the Flash 3 player; ports of this exist to numerous operating systems, including the Amiga. See also Macromedia Flash Lite for Flash compatibility on other devices. Flash allows the embedding of images, sounds, movies and simple HTML-like text. Flash Player, from version 6, also support two-way streaming of sound and video, thus making it a suitable platform for high-level multi-user applications.

Flash's embedded ActionScript language allows the creation of sophisticated applications using an OOP approach. Flash as a format has become widespread on the desktop market. Through an NPD study, Macromedia claims that 98% of Web users have Flash Player installed [1] - 90% having the latest version. Numbers vary depending on the detection scheme and research demographics: Webhits (German page) counts only 73% of Flash-enabled browsers. The Flash Player install size is relatively small compared to comparable plugins such as QuickTime, WMP and SVG. Compared to other browser plug-ins, such as Java, QuickTime, or WMP, Flash Player is extremely fast in initializing. Flash supports advanced features for data loading through XML data, querystring-formatted HTTP data, JPEG images, MP3 sounds, other Flash movies, and TCP Socket connections. Flash can retain information locally (in a manner similar to browser cookies), giving the client the ability to, for example, remember the level or score a user has achieved on a Flash-based game, or the settings used on a previously visited website.