The Flash platform (the basis for Flex) is almost as ubiquitous as the browser itself, having been installed into browsers all over the world for nigh-on a decade now.

Flash平台(Flex的基础)几乎像浏览器一样普及，已经安装到全世界的浏览器中接近十年时间。

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Witty, passionate, intelligent but ill-educated, they broke into the world from their restricted childhood like small flash bombs.

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