A soundboard is a computer program, Web application, or device, formerly created in Adobe Flash, that catalogues and plays many audio clips.
Since Adobe and web browser developers deprecated support for Flash, HTML5-based soundboards have gained popularity in recent years.
Soundboard prank-calling is often done with caller ID spoofing or masking, to provide a high level of anonymity or impersonation.
The soundboard is also used to facilitate humor, highlighting some of celebrities' more unusual utterances, or allowing for juxtaposition or even "composition" of quotes and sounds that would otherwise not go together.
[4] Though more limited in its scope and applications, soundboards are one type of agent-assisted automation, a specialized call center technology which improve productivity.