Flash

Flash is a graphics animation program, written and marketed by Macromedia, which uses vector graphics. The flash files can be easily placed in a web page to view in a web browser. Flash files occur most commonly in animated advertisements on web pages and rich-media web sites. Although prank flash has become common, flash has a great potential to be used on the Web in an educationally effective manner. It can be used to make the whole process of learning a fun activity. An example of the use of flash for educational purpose is its use in the development of interactive periodic table.