Flash (software)

E30049

authoring tool browser plugin discontinued software multimedia software platform proprietary software runtime environment

Flash (software) is a now-discontinued multimedia platform used for creating and displaying interactive web content, animations, and browser-based games and applications.

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All labels observed (33)

Label	Occurrences
Adobe Flash Player	17
Adobe Flash	9
Adobe Animate	4
Flash Player	4
Adobe Flash platform	3
Flash	2
Flash MX	2
Flash Player 9	2
Adobe Flash (on some versions)	1
Adobe Flash CS3	1
Adobe Flash CS4	1
Adobe Flash Platform	1
Adobe Flash Player (Pepper Flash)	1
Adobe Flash Player 9	1
Adobe Flash Player plugin	1
Adobe Flash Player projector	1
Adobe Flash Professional	1
Flash (software) canonical	1
Flash 5	1
Flash 8	1
Flash CS3 Professional	1
Flash CS4 Professional	1
Flash MX 2004	1
Flash Player 10	1
Flash Professional CC	1
Flash Professional CS5	1
Flash Professional CS5.5	1
Flash Professional CS6	1
Flash runtime	1
FutureSplash Animator	1
Macromedia Flash	1
Macromedia Flash IDE	1
SWF file format	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T232455 — 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: Flash (software)
Context triple: [Adobe Inc., develops, Flash (software)]

A. 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.
B. Opera Software
Opera Software is a Norwegian software company best known for developing the Opera web browser and related internet technologies.
C. Adobe Acrobat
Adobe Acrobat is a widely used software application for creating, viewing, editing, and managing PDF (Portable Document Format) documents across multiple platforms.
D. F Reactor
F Reactor was one of the early plutonium production reactors at the Hanford Site in Washington, built during the Manhattan Project to support the U.S. nuclear weapons program.
E. Omniture
Omniture was a leading web analytics and online marketing optimization company best known for its SiteCatalyst platform before being acquired by Adobe.
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: Flash (software)
Target entity description: Flash (software) is a now-discontinued multimedia platform used for creating and displaying interactive web content, animations, and browser-based games and applications.

A. 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.
B. Opera Software
Opera Software is a Norwegian software company best known for developing the Opera web browser and related internet technologies.
C. Adobe Acrobat
Adobe Acrobat is a widely used software application for creating, viewing, editing, and managing PDF (Portable Document Format) documents across multiple platforms.
D. F Reactor
F Reactor was one of the early plutonium production reactors at the Hanford Site in Washington, built during the Manhattan Project to support the U.S. nuclear weapons program.
E. Omniture
Omniture was a leading web analytics and online marketing optimization company best known for its SiteCatalyst platform before being acquired by Adobe.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (78)

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

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (68)

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

Adobe Inc. → develops → Flash (software) ⓘ

Adobe Flash → formerName → FutureSplash Animator ⓘ

subject linked to: Flash (software)

linked to: Flash (software)

Adobe Flash → majorVersion → Flash 5 ⓘ

subject linked to: Flash (software)

linked to: Flash (software)

Adobe Flash → majorVersion → Flash MX ⓘ

subject linked to: Flash (software)

linked to: Flash (software)

Adobe Flash → majorVersion → Flash MX 2004 ⓘ

subject linked to: Flash (software)

linked to: Flash (software)

Adobe Flash → majorVersion → Flash 8 ⓘ

subject linked to: Flash (software)

linked to: Flash (software)

Adobe Flash → majorVersion → Flash CS3 Professional ⓘ

subject linked to: Flash (software)

linked to: Flash (software)

Adobe Flash → majorVersion → Flash CS4 Professional ⓘ

subject linked to: Flash (software)

linked to: Flash (software)

Adobe Flash → majorVersion → Flash Professional CS5 ⓘ

subject linked to: Flash (software)

linked to: Flash (software)

Adobe Flash → majorVersion → Flash Professional CS5.5 ⓘ

subject linked to: Flash (software)

linked to: Flash (software)

Adobe Flash → majorVersion → Flash Professional CS6 ⓘ

subject linked to: Flash (software)

linked to: Flash (software)

Adobe Flash → majorVersion → Flash Professional CC ⓘ

subject linked to: Flash (software)

linked to: Flash (software)

Adobe Flash → renamedTo → Adobe Animate ⓘ

subject linked to: Flash (software)

linked to: Flash (software)

Adobe Flash → runtimeComponent → Adobe Flash Player ⓘ

subject linked to: Flash (software)

linked to: Flash (software)

Adobe Flash → successorSoftware → Adobe Animate ⓘ

subject linked to: Flash (software)

linked to: Flash (software)

Adobe Creative Cloud → includesComponent → Adobe Animate ⓘ

linked to: Flash (software)

Macromedia → knownFor → Macromedia Flash ⓘ

linked to: Flash (software)

Macromedia → knownFor → Flash Player ⓘ

linked to: Flash (software)

Macromedia → knownFor → Flash MX ⓘ

linked to: Flash (software)

Macromedia → notableTechnology → SWF file format ⓘ

linked to: Flash (software)

Macromedia → notableTechnology → Flash runtime ⓘ

linked to: Flash (software)

NPAPI → notablePluginType → Adobe Flash Player plugin ⓘ

subject linked to: Netscape Plugin Application Programming Interface (NPAPI)

linked to: Flash (software)

Foxtel → hasService → Flash ⓘ

linked to: Flash (software)

ActionScript → designedFor → Adobe Flash platform ⓘ

linked to: Flash (software)

ActionScript → usedWith → Adobe Flash ⓘ

linked to: Flash (software)

ActionScript → primaryRuntime → Adobe Flash Player ⓘ

linked to: Flash (software)

Slide → technologyUsed → Flash ⓘ

linked to: Flash (software)

All Apps Plan → includes → Adobe Animate ⓘ

linked to: Flash (software)

Adobe AIR → supportsLanguage → Adobe Flash ⓘ

linked to: Flash (software)

Adobe AIR → supportsTechnology → Adobe Flash Player ⓘ

linked to: Flash (software)

Adobe Fireworks → integratesWith → Adobe Flash ⓘ

subject linked to: Fireworks

linked to: Flash (software)

Shockwave → competesWith → Adobe Flash ⓘ

linked to: Flash (software)

Flash Communication Server → usesTechnology → Adobe Flash ⓘ

linked to: Flash (software)

Flash Communication Server → supportsClient → Flash Player ⓘ

linked to: Flash (software)

Flash Video → usedWith → Adobe Flash Player ⓘ

linked to: Flash (software)

Flash Video → requiresPlugin → Adobe Flash Player ⓘ

linked to: Flash (software)

Flash Video → playbackSupportedBy → Adobe Flash Player ⓘ

linked to: Flash (software)

Flex → runsOn → Adobe Flash Player ⓘ

linked to: Flash (software)

Flex → basedOn → Adobe Flash platform ⓘ

linked to: Flash (software)

Nintendo DSi Browser → doesNotSupport → Adobe Flash ⓘ

linked to: Flash (software)

Adobe Flex → runsOn → Adobe Flash Player ⓘ

linked to: Flash (software)

Adobe Flex → platform → Adobe Flash platform ⓘ

linked to: Flash (software)

Adobe Flex → usesRuntime → Flash Player ⓘ

linked to: Flash (software)

AVM2 → usedIn → Adobe Flash Player ⓘ

linked to: Flash (software)

AVM2 → introducedIn → Flash Player 9 ⓘ

linked to: Flash (software)

ActionScript Virtual Machine → usedIn → Adobe Flash Player ⓘ

linked to: Flash (software)

AVM2 → introducedIn → Adobe Flash Player 9 ⓘ

subject linked to: ActionScript Virtual Machine

linked to: Flash (software)

AVM1 → usedIn → Adobe Flash Player ⓘ

linked to: Flash (software)

AVM1 → runsInside → Adobe Flash Player projector ⓘ

linked to: Flash (software)

AVM1 → associatedWithTool → Macromedia Flash IDE ⓘ

linked to: Flash (software)

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