Dictionary of Computer and Internet Terms: Flash
Flash
a program developed by Macromedia, Inc., to produce multimedia web content and presentations. To see Flash animations, viewers must first download the Flash player from Macromedia (www.macromedia.com/downloads/). One of the most powerful features of Flash is the ability to script an interactive experience for the viewer. Entire web sites are now being presented as Flash instead of HTML.
Dictionary of Finance and Investment Terms: Flash
Flash
tape display designation used when volume on an exchange is so heavy that the tape runs more than five minutes behind. The flash interrupts the display to report the current price-called the flash price-of a heavily traded security. Current prices of two groups of 50 stocks are flashed at five-minute intervals as long as the tape is seriously behind.
