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Adobe Flash

deprecated multimedia platform used to add animation and interactivity to web pages
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Adobe Flash

Summary

Adobe Flash is an application software[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of application_software entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,116 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Adobe Flash's instance of is recorded as application software[3].
  • Adobe Flash's instance of is recorded as software engine[4].
  • Adobe Flash's instance of is recorded as vector graphics editor[5].
  • Adobe Flash's instance of is recorded as computing platform[6].
  • Adobe Flash was followed by Adobe Animate[7].
  • Adobe Flash's developer is recorded as Adobe[8].
  • Adobe Flash's copyright license is recorded as proprietary license[9].
  • Adobe Flash's programmed in is recorded as ActionScript[10].
  • Adobe Flash's operating system is recorded as Microsoft Windows[11].
  • Adobe Flash's operating system is recorded as Linux[12].
  • Adobe Flash's operating system is recorded as macOS[13].
  • Adobe Flash is used for 2D animation software[14].
  • Adobe Flash's Commons category is recorded as Adobe Flash[15].
  • Adobe Flash's input device is recorded as graphical user interface[16].
  • Adobe Flash's input device is recorded as script[17].
  • Adobe Flash's official website is recorded as http://www.adobe.com/products/flash/flashpro/[18].
  • Adobe Flash's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Adobe Flash[19].
  • Adobe Flash's described at URL is recorded as https://tapor.ca/tools/1330[20].
  • Adobe Flash's readable file format is recorded as FLA[21].
  • Adobe Flash's readable file format is recorded as Small Web Format family[22].
  • Adobe Flash's readable file format is recorded as FLV[23].
  • Adobe Flash's writable file format is recorded as FLA[24].
  • Adobe Flash's topic has template is recorded as Template:Adobe Flash[25].
  • Adobe Flash's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/flash[26].
  • Adobe Flash's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Adobe Flash'}[27].

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Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include application software[3], software engine[4], vector graphics editor[5], and computing platform[6].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Adobe Flash include Flashpoint Archive[28], a digitized collection[29] and SFB Games[30], a business[31], in United Kingdom[32], founded in 2002[33], headquartered in London[34].

Why It Matters

Adobe Flash ranks in the top 1% of application_software entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,116 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] It is known by 100 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

Entities named for it include Flashpoint Archive[28], a digitized collection[29] and SFB Games[30], a business[31], in United Kingdom[32], founded in 2002[33], headquartered in London[34].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Discontinuation date → —
    Semantic scholar topic id → 104696
    Has use → 2D animation software
    Input device → —
    + 108 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|12 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 20398, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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