multimedia

multimedia

Computing of or relating to any of various systems which can manipulate data in a variety of forms, such as sound, graphics, or text

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multimedia

Human-computer interaction involving text, graphics, voice and video. Often also includes concepts from hypertext.

This term has come to be almost synonymous with CD-ROM in the personal computer world because the large amounts of data involved are currently best supplied on CD-ROM.

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multimedia

Information in multiple formats (multiple media). Multimedia includes text, images, audio, video and animations. Also called "rich media." See multimedia file and multimedia container.

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