Flash features support for vector and raster graphics, it uses a scripting language called ActionScript.
Since its introduction in 1996, Flash technology has become a popular method of adding animation and interactivity to a web page, Flash is commonly used to create various web-page components such as animation, advertisements, integrate video into web pages.

The Flash files, traditionally called "flash movies", usually have a .swf file extension and may be an object within a web page or "played" in the standalone Flash Player.