MFTWR chp1 intro multimedia Flashcards
Society depends on…?
Information
The ______ is an effective way to present it.
Web.
By providing a consistent, user-friendly interface, the ________ makes info easily accessible to the multitudes.
Web browser.
Adding multimedia to websites makes the content….?
Accessible as well as interactive and fun.
Interactivity is an…?
Integral part of a successful online multimedia website.
Web based multimedia has become so…?
Pervasive.
In a generic sense, multimedia is simply…?
The use of more than 1 media element.
For the purpose of discussion in this book, web based multimedia is defined as…?
An online, interactive experience that incorporates two or more media elements including text, graphics, sound, animation, and video.
A fundamental feature of most web based multimedia is…?
Interactivity, which gives the user some control over the content.
History:
The Internet grew out of a project called…?
ARPANET, which was started by the military in the 1960s.
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ARPANET was created in….?
1960s
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The Internet is a network of networks that…?
Connects millions of computers and people around the globe.
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The World Wide Web is…?
A system that permits the distribution and sharing of info around the world.
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The www began in …?
May 1991
Via the Internet, the www offers the…?
Fastest growing method for multimedia delivery.
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Mosaic, the first cross-platform, graphical-user interface… Also known as…?
A web browser.
History:
Mosaic was made in…?
1993
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Mosaic, fully exploited the…?
Web’s hypermedia capability.
Browsers provide a visual interface that…?
Interprets and displays the text and other multimedia elements, such as graphics, animation, sound and video, included and referenced within Web pages.
Working with media elements that have been digitized means…?
The media elements have been captured in a code the computer can understand.
Some websites are linear, meaning…?
Users start at the beginning and progress through a set sequence of events until they reach the end.
Linear examples….?
Most digital slide shows and plays are examples of linear media.
Most websites use a…?
Nonlinear approach to navigation.
Nonlinear is preferred because…?
There is generally no established or predefined order, users have more control over what they are interested in pursuing, as well as what point thy enter and exit a web site.