Flash is an animation program that enables designers to add animation, sound, and interactivity to web pages. Flash uses vector graphics instead of bit-mapped graphics. Vector graphics are mathematical descriptions of a shape, while a bit-mappedimage is an actual pixel-by-pixel representation of the image. Not only are vector graphics smaller and more suitable to the Web because of reduced download time than bit-mapped images, but, unlike bit-mapped graphics, they can also be zoomed in on without any degradation in quality.
