Small Web Format family

Also known as SWF, Shockwave Flash, Swf, Shockwave Flash file format family, Flash SWF File Format Family

SWF () is a defunct Adobe Flash file format that is used for multimedia, vector graphics and ActionScript.

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It sits within the topics Adobe Flash, Computer file formats and Graphics file formats.

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Key facts

File format.name: Small Web Format (.SWF)
File format.icon: 64px
File format.extension: .swf
File format.mime: application/vnd.adobe.flash.movie, application/x-shockwave-flash
File format.magic: CWS,FWS or ZWS
File format.owner: FutureWave Software, later taken over by Macromedia and Adobe Systems
File format.type: Vector graphics animation
File format.container for: Adobe Flash (formerly Macromedia Flash and FutureSplash), sometimes labeled .

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Wikidata facts

Subclass of: file format
Developer: Adobe
Official website: www.adobe.com/devnet/swf.html

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described at URL: raw.githubusercontent.com/haypo/hachoir3/master/hachoir/parser/container/swf.py
media type: application/futuresplash
file extension: swf
file format identification pattern: 465753
different from: Südwestfunk
discontinuation date: 2020-12-31

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Encyclopedic overview

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Related file formats and extensions
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SWF () is a defunct Adobe Flash file format that is used for multimedia, vector graphics and ActionScript.

Originating with FutureWave Software, then transferred to Macromedia, and then coming under the control of Adobe, SWF files can contain animations or applets of varying degrees of interactivity and function. They may also occur in programs, commonly browser games, using ActionScript.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Small Web Format family” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.