{"id":11988,"date":"2012-06-06T21:16:43","date_gmt":"2012-06-06T21:16:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/flash-player\/"},"modified":"2012-06-06T21:16:43","modified_gmt":"2012-06-06T21:16:43","slug":"flash-player","status":"publish","type":"definition","link":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/27164\/flash-player","title":{"rendered":"Flash Player"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span id=\"what_does_flash_player_mean\">What Does Flash Player Mean?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Flash Player is software that enables multimedia data viewing and streaming capabilities on Web browsers.<\/p>\n<p>Flash Player is used to execute multimedia files in Shockwave Flash Format (SWF). These files are created using the primary Adobe Flash and other supported software tools. Flash Player was initially developed by Macromedia Corporation and later acquired by Adobe Systems. 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