What does FLV mean or stand for ?
FLV is a filename extension for a type online video file.These flash videos are lightweight and dont use much bandwidth and are perfect for streaming videos that has now become a standard.
So popular have these video file formats been that we can even download these types of files off the internet and they would save with a filename extension of “.flv”. Hence the name.
They were made mainstream by Adobe and now streaming video has never been the same.