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mul⋅ti⋅me⋅di⋅a

[muhl-tee-mee-dee-uh, muhl-tahy-]
–noun (used with a singular verb)
1. the combined use of several media, as sound and full-motion video in computer applications.
–adjective
2. of, pertaining to, or involving the use of multimedia.
3. having or offering the use of various communications or promotional media: a multimedia corporation that owns TV stations and newspapers.

Origin:
1960–65; multi- + media 1


mul⋅ti⋅me⋅di⋅al, adjective
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mul·ti·me·di·a   (mŭl'tē-mē'dē-ə, -tī-)   
adj.  
  1. Of or relating to the combined use of several media: a multimedia installation at the art gallery.

  2. Computer Science Of or relating to an application that can combine text, graphics, full-motion video, and sound into an integrated package.

pl.n.   (used with a sing. verb)
  1. The combined use of media, such as movies, music, lighting, CD-ROMs, and the Internet, as for education or entertainment.

  2. The combined use of media, such as television, radio, print, and the Internet, as for advertising or publicity.

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Computing Dictionary

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.
Usenet newsgroup: comp.multimedia.
(1994-12-02)

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