Brief Definition of these three symbols in flash?

Question

movie clip, button, and graphic

Answer 1

In relation to flash...

movie clip - object with its own independent time line

button- object that triggers an event when clicked or released

graphic - object thats animation dependent on the main time line

Answer 2

You are of course serious
A movie clip can be considerd as snippet of a few frames of a movie. Or it could mean a single ftame, like a standard picture.
A button is just that a button like the abc check spelling button, where you attach an Anchor(Link).
Graphic, can mean anything from a picture to clip art of any nature. It normally entails the addition of anything other than Letters or words
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