Flash

Flash, an application developed by Macromedia, is an interactive application that allows the rendering of graphics and imagery within a small window in a web browser. Since the application is interactive, the user can control the action of the Flash application with mouse clicks or keyboard commands. Flash is mostly used to design browser-based games or highly interactive websites. Flash websites commonly feature a great deal of animation and sound effects. Flash is compatible with almost all computers running the Windows operating system, which reason why most choose to develop games and applications on the Flash platform.