ActionScript

E131731

object-oriented programming language programming language programming language version

ActionScript is an object-oriented programming language primarily used for developing rich internet applications and Adobe Flash content.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
ActionScript canonical	7
ActionScript 3.0	2
ActionScript 1.0	1
ActionScript 2.0	1
ActionScript 3	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1159985 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: ActionScript
Context triple: [ECMAScript, influences, ActionScript]

A. Flash (software)
Flash (software) is a now-discontinued multimedia platform used for creating and displaying interactive web content, animations, and browser-based games and applications.
B. Macromedia
Macromedia was a pioneering software company best known for creating web and multimedia tools like Flash and Dreamweaver before being acquired by Adobe.
C. AVA
AVA is a designated American wine grape-growing region recognized for its unique geographic and climatic features that influence the character of wines produced there.
D. ASP
ASP is the commonly used abbreviation for the Assembly of States Parties, the management oversight and legislative body of the International Criminal Court composed of representatives from member countries.
E. Adobe Dreamweaver
Adobe Dreamweaver is a professional web development application used to design, code, and manage websites and web applications with both visual and code-based editing tools.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: ActionScript
Target entity description: ActionScript is an object-oriented programming language primarily used for developing rich internet applications and Adobe Flash content.

A. Flash (software)
Flash (software) is a now-discontinued multimedia platform used for creating and displaying interactive web content, animations, and browser-based games and applications.
B. Macromedia
Macromedia was a pioneering software company best known for creating web and multimedia tools like Flash and Dreamweaver before being acquired by Adobe.
C. AVA
AVA is a designated American wine grape-growing region recognized for its unique geographic and climatic features that influence the character of wines produced there.
D. ASP
ASP is the commonly used abbreviation for the Assembly of States Parties, the management oversight and legislative body of the International Criminal Court composed of representatives from member countries.
E. Adobe Dreamweaver
Adobe Dreamweaver is a professional web development application used to design, code, and manage websites and web applications with both visual and code-based editing tools.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	object-oriented programming language ⓘ programming language ⓘ programming language version ⓘ
basedOnStandard	ECMAScript ⓘ surface form: ECMA-262
designedFor	Flash (software) ⓘ surface form: Adobe Flash platform rich Internet applications ⓘ
developer	Adobe Inc. ⓘ surface form: Adobe Systems Macromedia ⓘ
domain	multimedia applications ⓘ online games ⓘ web development ⓘ
executedBy	ActionScript Virtual Machine ⓘ
fileExtension	.as ⓘ .asc ⓘ
influencedBy	ECMAScript ⓘ JavaScript ⓘ
introduced	2006 ⓘ
notableVersion	ActionScript self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: ActionScript 1.0 ActionScript self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: ActionScript 2.0 ActionScript self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: ActionScript 3.0
paradigm	event-driven ⓘ object-oriented ⓘ
primaryRuntime	Adobe AIR ⓘ surface form: Adobe AIR runtime Flash (software) ⓘ surface form: Adobe Flash Player
reasonForDecline	end of Adobe Flash Player support ⓘ
replacedBy	HTML5 ⓘ JavaScript ⓘ WebGL ⓘ
runsOn	AVM1 ⓘ AVM2 ⓘ
standardizedBy	ECMA International ⓘ surface form: Ecma International
status	largely deprecated ⓘ
supports	XML manipulation ⓘ classes ⓘ closures ⓘ events ⓘ exceptions ⓘ interfaces ⓘ namespaces ⓘ packages ⓘ regular expressions ⓘ
supportsCompilationTo	SWF bytecode ⓘ
syntaxSimilarTo	JavaScript ⓘ
typingDiscipline	dynamic typing ⓘ optional static typing ⓘ
usedWith	Adobe AIR ⓘ Flash (software) ⓘ surface form: Adobe Flash Adobe Flex ⓘ Adobe Flex ⓘ surface form: Apache Flex

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Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

ECMAScript → influences → ActionScript ⓘ

Flash (software) → scriptingLanguage → ActionScript ⓘ

subject surface form: Adobe Flash

Macromedia → notableTechnology → ActionScript ⓘ

ActionScript → notableVersion → ActionScript self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: ActionScript 1.0

ActionScript → notableVersion → ActionScript self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: ActionScript 2.0

ActionScript → notableVersion → ActionScript self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: ActionScript 3.0

ISO/IEC 16262 → basisFor → ActionScript ⓘ

Adobe AIR → supportsLanguage → ActionScript ⓘ

this entity surface form: ActionScript 3

Flash Communication Server → programmingModel → ActionScript ⓘ

Flash Video → associatedWith → ActionScript ⓘ

Flex → programmingLanguage → ActionScript ⓘ

Flex → supportsLanguageVersion → ActionScript ⓘ

this entity surface form: ActionScript 3.0

All labels observed (5)

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Statements (49)

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Referenced by (12)

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