Adobe Flash

Adobe Flash was a multimedia software platform for creating and displaying interactive animations, games, and applications. Its browser plugin was discontinued after major browsers ended support in 2020.

SWF: SWF is the file format used to store Flash animations and applications for playback. This format carried Flash content from authoring tools to the player.
FutureWave Software: FutureWave Software was the company that created the animation program FutureSplash Animator. Its product supplied the technology and early identity from which Flash developed.
Web game: A web game is a video game played through a web browser or delivered through web technologies. Flash made downloadable and browser-playable games easy to distribute across websites.
Steve Jobs: Steve Jobs was an American business leader who co-founded Apple and led it as CEO. His 2010 letter rejecting Flash on iPhone helped intensify debate about its future.
ActionScript: ActionScript is an object-oriented programming language used to create interactive Flash content. Scripts made Flash animations respond to input and run application logic.
FutureSplash Animator: FutureSplash Animator was a vector-animation program released by FutureWave Software in 1996. It was renamed Macromedia Flash after Macromedia acquired FutureWave.
Newgrounds: Newgrounds is a website and online community for independently created games, animation, and art. Its creators and audience helped establish Flash as a medium for web animation and games.
HTML5: HTML5 is the fifth major revision of HTML, with native support for multimedia and interactive web applications. Its browser-native capabilities reduced the need for a separate Flash plugin.
Adobe Flash Player: Adobe Flash Player was software that executed Flash content in browsers and on desktop systems. The plugin supplied the runtime that browsers needed to display Flash files.
Macromedia: Macromedia was a software company known for web-authoring and multimedia products, including Flash. Macromedia built Flash into a widely used web platform before Adobe bought the company.

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Jawed KarimRelated: YouTube initially relied on Flash video playback to make browser-based viewing practical.