Never heard of that but it probably just have the kind of use of abobe flash
Read and write. Think of the term "literacy rate" it refers to how much of a population can read and write.
There are many answers to this question. The first step is normally a reboot, second, I would check witch task or service is taking up all the CPU cycles and check the system and error logs. The list goes on... I'm not sure how detailed you want to get.