Disambiguation evidence for Flash (software) via surface form

"Adobe Flash"


As subject (78)

Triples where this entity appears as subject under the label "Adobe Flash".

Predicate Object
acquisitionBy Adobe Inc.
surface form: Adobe Systems
acquisitionOfDeveloperYear 2005
browserVendorResponse major browsers began blocking Flash content by default
category animation software
category multimedia software
category web browser plugin
category web development software
competingTechnology CSS Level 3 modules
surface form: CSS3
competingTechnology HTML5
competingTechnology JavaScript
competingTechnology WebGL
contentDistribution Flash content embedded in web pages via <object> or <embed> tags
developer Adobe Inc.
surface form: Adobe Systems
developer Macromedia
discontinuationDate 2020-12-31
endOfLifeActions blocked Flash content from running in Flash Player after January 12 2021
endOfSupportDate 2020-12-31
fileFormat .air
fileFormat .as
fileFormat .fla
fileFormat .flv
fileFormat .swc
fileFormat .swf
fileFormat .xfl
formerName Flash (software) self-linksurface differs
surface form: FutureSplash Animator
initialReleaseYear 1996
instanceOf authoring tool
instanceOf browser plugin
instanceOf discontinued software
instanceOf multimedia software platform
instanceOf proprietary software
instanceOf runtime environment
license proprietary license
majorVersion Flash (software) self-linksurface differs
surface form: Flash 5
majorVersion Flash (software) self-linksurface differs
surface form: Flash 8
majorVersion Flash (software) self-linksurface differs
surface form: Flash CS3 Professional
majorVersion Flash (software) self-linksurface differs
surface form: Flash CS4 Professional
majorVersion Flash (software) self-linksurface differs
surface form: Flash MX
majorVersion Flash (software) self-linksurface differs
surface form: Flash MX 2004
majorVersion Flash (software) self-linksurface differs
surface form: Flash Professional CC
majorVersion Flash (software) self-linksurface differs
surface form: Flash Professional CS5
majorVersion Flash (software) self-linksurface differs
surface form: Flash Professional CS5.5
majorVersion Flash (software) self-linksurface differs
surface form: Flash Professional CS6
notSupportedPlatform iOS
notableCompanyPolicy Apple refused to allow Flash Player on iOS devices
notableImpact enabled widespread browser-based games in the 2000s
notableImpact popularized rich Internet applications before HTML5
notableSecurityEvent frequent critical vulnerabilities reported by security researchers
primaryUse creating animations
primaryUse creating browser-based games
primaryUse creating interactive web content
primaryUse creating rich Internet applications
reasonForDecline emergence of open web standards
reasonForDecline lack of mobile support
reasonForDecline performance issues
reasonForDecline security vulnerabilities
renamedTo Flash (software) self-linksurface differs
surface form: Adobe Animate
runtimeComponent Adobe AIR
runtimeComponent Flash (software) self-linksurface differs
surface form: Adobe Flash Player
scriptingLanguage ActionScript
standardizationStatus not an open standard
successorSoftware Flash (software) self-linksurface differs
surface form: Adobe Animate
supportedContentType audio
supportedContentType raster graphics
supportedContentType text
supportedContentType vector graphics
supportedContentType video
supportedPlatform Android (via Flash Player)
supportedPlatform BlackBerry OS
surface form: BlackBerry Tablet OS
supportedPlatform Linux
supportedPlatform Windows
surface form: Microsoft Windows
supportedPlatform macOS
supportedPlatform web browsers via plugin
supportsStreaming RTMP streaming
supportsStreaming progressive download video
typicalWorkflow author content in Flash authoring tool and publish to SWF for Flash Player
usedBy browser game portals in the 2000s and early 2010s
usedBy online video sites in the 2000s