Multimedia System Flashcards
many; much; multiple
Multi
a substance regarded as the means of transmission of a force or effect; a channel or system of communication, information, or entertainment
Medium
means that computer information can be represented through audio, video, and animation in addition to traditional media (i.e., text, graphics/drawings, images).
Multimedia
Means for distribution and presentation of information
Medium
are those programs that provide the capability for creating a complete multimedia presentations by linking togetherobjects such as a paragraph of text (song), an illustration, an audio, with appropriate interactive user control.
Multimedia Authoring Tools
The hardware and the software that govern the limits of what can happen are
Multimedia platform or environment
Multimedia is ______ when the end-user is allowed to control what and when the elements are delivered.
Interactive
Interactive Multimedia is _______ , when the end-user is provided with the structure of linked elements through which he/she can navigate.
Hypermedia
Multimedia is _____ , when it is not interactive and the users just sit and watch as if it is a movie.
linear
Multimedia is _____ , when the users are given the navigational control and can browse the contents at will.
nonlinear
(Dictionary definition) It is any system that supports more than a single kind of media
Multimedia System
is characterized by computercontrolled, integrated production, manipulation, storage and communication of independent information, which is encoded at least
through a continuous (timedependent) and a discrete (time-independent) medium.
Multimedia System