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'''ActionScript''' is an [[Object-oriented programming|object-oriented]] [[programming language]] originally developed by [[Macromedia]] Inc. (later acquired by [[Adobe Inc.|Adobe]]). It is influenced by [[HyperTalk]], the scripting language for [[HyperCard]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zdnet.com/blog/government/apples-lost-decade-hypercard-and-what-might-not-have-been-if-apple-then-was-like-apple-is-today/10185|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110421072519/http://www.zdnet.com/blog/government/apples-lost-decade-hypercard-and-what-might-not-have-been-if-apple-then-was-like-apple-is-today/10185|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 21, 2011|title=Apple's lost decade, HyperCard, and what might NOT have been if Apple then was like Apple is today|work=[[ZDNet]]|date=2011-04-17|access-date=2014-12-04}}</ref> It is now an implementation of [[ECMAScript]] (meaning it is a superset of the syntax and semantics of the language more widely known as [[JavaScript]]), though it originally arose as a sibling, both being influenced by
ActionScript is used primarily for the development of websites and software targeting the [[Adobe Flash]] platform, originally finding use on [[web page]]s in the form of embedded [[SWF]] files.
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