Package for web animation. Originally produced by Macromedia, currently distributed by Adobe.

Product History from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macromedia_Flash

• Flash 1 (December 1996) - a Macromedia re-branded version of the FutureSplash Animator
• Flash 2 (June 1997) - the object library was added to Flash
• Flash 3 (31 May 1998) - the movieclip element, JavaScript plug-in integration, transparency and an external stand alone player was added to Flash
• Flash 4 (15 June 1999) - internal variables, an input field, advanced Actionscript, and streamingMP3
• Flash 5 (24 August 2000) - Javascript like Actionscript, Smartclips, HTML text formatting added
• Flash MX (15 March 2002) - Unicode, UI Components, XML, compression, streaming video codec
• Flash MX 2004 (9 September 2003) - text alias, Actionscript 2.0, improved streaming video codec, behaviors
• Flash MX 2004 Pro (9 September 2003) - all Flash MX 2004 features plus a form and slide editor, web services integration, Object Oriented Programming in ActionScript 2.0, and Media Playback components, which encapsulate a complete MP3 and/or FLV player in a component that may be placed in a SWF.
• Flash 8 (released on September 13, 2005) - Added an external interface allowing the host machine to programmatically control Flash content.
• Flash 8 Pro (released on September 13, 2005) - From creating the interactive Web sites, presentations to mobile contents with improved higher-quality of video codec and encoder. Added Filters and Blending Modes for movie-clips and buttons.
• Adobe Flash CS3 Professional (as version 9, released on April 16, 2007)
• Adobe Flash CS4 Professional (as version 10, released on October 15, 2008)