A programming language developed by Adobe for creating interactive content in Flash applications and Adobe AIR.
Compound word from 'action' + 'script', reflecting its purpose of scripting actions and behaviors in multimedia applications. Developed in the late 1990s as Flash became popular for web animation and interactivity, it evolved through several versions before Flash's decline.
ActionScript powered the early interactive web, enabling everything from animated websites to browser games that defined internet culture in the 2000s. Though Adobe Flash is now obsolete due to security concerns and mobile incompatibility, ActionScript was once so influential that many web developers learned programming through creating Flash animations and games.
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