Shockwave

n. wave of extremely high pressure caused by a major explosion or disturbance (such as a shockwave created by a sonic boom)

n. (Internet) technology that enables multimedia objects to be included in World Wide Web sites (developed by Macromedia)

A shock wave is a type of propagating disturbance in a fluid, gas, or plasma medium.Shockwave, shock wave, or shockwaves may also refer to: In fiction:Shockwave (comics), a fictional character in the Marvel Comics Universe whose first appearance was in Master of Kung FuShockwave (Transformers), a fictional artificially intelligent robotIn music:"Shock Wave" (song), a song from Black Sabbath's album Never Say Die!Shockwave (album), the eighth album by now aggrotech duo Decoded Feedback"Shockwaves" (song), a song by Diana Ross from her 1987 album Red Hot Rhythm & Blues
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<tool> A program from Macromedia for viewing files created with Macromedia Director. Shockwave is freely available as a plug-in for the Netscape Navigator web browser.
"Shocked" pages that incorporate documents created in Director can usually only be enjoyed by users with an ISDN or faster connection.
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(1998-07-07)

<networking> The propagation of failure, shutdown, meltdown, net overload, or a virus from one network node to another, resulting in a wave of inactivity across the net.
(1997-05-16)

A wave of compressions and rarefactions which propagates through a medium at a velocity greater than that of sound in the medium.

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