Macromedia Flash

http://the-fr.org/id/file-format/559

Name: Macromedia Flash

Version: 3

Description: The Adobe Flash format, SWF, previously known as Shockwave Flash or Macromedia Shockwave Flash, and alternatively known as the Small Web Format, is a file format primarily designed for creating interactive multimedia applications. The format iterates rapidly, often in line with new releases of Adobe Flash or Adobe Air. Prior to version 6 all SWF files were uncompressed, however version 6 introduced the option of using zlib compression. Version 13 introduced the option of using LZMA compression.

Deprecated: false

MIMEType: application/x-shockwave-flash

PUID: fmt/106

sameAs : PRONOM: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/PRONOM/fmt/106

Extension: swf

Magic: true

Container Magic: false

Binary Magic: true

Signature Priority Over:

See Also (e.g. Wikidata, Library of Congress):

Software that can read the format:

Alias: SWF (3)

Class: http://the-fr.org/def/format-registry/FileFormat

Type: []()

SPARQL: http://the-fr.org/public/sparql/endpoint.php?query=describe+%3Chttp://the-fr.org/id/file-format/559%3E&output=&jsonp=&key=&show_inline=1