Glossary
actionscript
The programming language used to create Flash Platform–based applications.
ADL
AIR Debug Launcher; the program that allows developers to test and debug their AIR applications.
agile development
An iterative development methodology.
AIR
Adobe Integrated Runtime; allows Flash and JavaScript-based applications to be run on a user’s computer as a native program. This allows the AIR-based applications to access the computer’s file system and other desktop-based functionality.
AMF
Action Message Format; an optional binary protocol used by AIR and Flash Player to compress data into a smaller format when communicating with other applications and servers.
API
Application Program Interface; a series of methods that are made accessible ...
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