SWF

Initialism of Spring Web Flow.

Proper noun

  1. Initialism of Spring Web Flow.
  2. Initialism of Shockwave Flash.

Origin

(file format): SWF originated as an abbreviation for Shockwave Flash. This usage was changed to the backronym Small Web Format to eliminate confusion with a different technology, Shockwave, from which SWF derived. There is no official resolution to the initialism SWF by Adobe.

Noun

  1. Initialism of single white female.
    • SWF seeks same / Asian or Hispanic or African American - 2007, Buddy Whittington, “Romance Classified”:

    Coordinate Terms: SWM

  2. Initialism of sovereign wealth fund.
    • Norway's SWF sells Jardine stake over ‘severe environmental damage’ risks [title] - 2024 March 2, A. Anatha Lakshmi, William Langley, Mercedes Ruehl, “Norway’s SWF sells Jardine stake over ‘severe environmental damage’...
  3. A file encoded in the defunct Adobe Flash file format SWF.
    • On the Web, linking to a SWF directly is not a very attractive option. You can’t control the content around the SWF or the title of the page in the browser title area. It’s also difficult to add content that’s friendly...
    • A SWF file, or simply “a SWF,” is an efficient, compressed binary file that can contain graphics, animation, text, bitmaps, sounds, video, and even arbitrary data. […] When compiling AIR apps, an .air file is generated,...
    • When you run a SWF using Flash Player on your desktop, it loads and runs the SWF. Well, of course, why wouldn't it? When you run a SWF in a browser, this isn't always the case, though. Sometimes, browsers cache SWFs,...

Forms

SWFs