SWF
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'''SWF''' is a multipurpose multimedia format widely used on the web. It is also known by many other names (often conflated with the names of SWF players), such as '''Flash''', '''Adobe Flash''', '''Macromedia Flash''', '''Shockwave Flash''', and '''FutureSplash'''. | '''SWF''' is a multipurpose multimedia format widely used on the web. It is also known by many other names (often conflated with the names of SWF players), such as '''Flash''', '''Adobe Flash''', '''Macromedia Flash''', '''Shockwave Flash''', and '''FutureSplash'''. | ||
| − | Fundamentally it is an animated vector graphics format, but it has many other features and | + | Fundamentally it is an animated vector graphics format, but it has many other features, and can contain complete computer programs written in [[ActionScript]]. Among its common uses are web site user interfaces, video games and other applets, and video playback. |
== Disambiguation == | == Disambiguation == | ||
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== Software == | == Software == | ||
* [http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/ Adobe Flash Player] | * [http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/ Adobe Flash Player] | ||
| + | * [http://gnashdev.org/ Gnash] | ||
| + | * [http://lightspark.github.io/ Lightspark] | ||
== Links == | == Links == | ||
* [[Wikipedia:SWF|Wikipedia: SWF]] | * [[Wikipedia:SWF|Wikipedia: SWF]] | ||
* [[Wikipedia:Adobe Flash|Wikipedia: Adobe Flash]] | * [[Wikipedia:Adobe Flash|Wikipedia: Adobe Flash]] | ||
| + | * [[Wikipedia:FutureSplash Animator|Wikipedia: FutureSplash Animator]] | ||
[[Category:Video]] | [[Category:Video]] | ||
[[Category:Web]] | [[Category:Web]] | ||
Revision as of 15:39, 13 July 2013
SWF is a multipurpose multimedia format widely used on the web. It is also known by many other names (often conflated with the names of SWF players), such as Flash, Adobe Flash, Macromedia Flash, Shockwave Flash, and FutureSplash.
Fundamentally it is an animated vector graphics format, but it has many other features, and can contain complete computer programs written in ActionScript. Among its common uses are web site user interfaces, video games and other applets, and video playback.
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Disambiguation
SWF is not the same format as the one known as Shockwave, Adobe Shockwave, Macromedia Shockwave, or Shockwave for Director.
Identification
SWF files begin with a 3-byte ASCII signature:
- "
FWS" is for uncompressed files. - "
CWS" is for files that use zlib compression. - "
ZWS" is for files that use LZMA compression.
