Computing Dictionary
multimedia definition
multimedia Any collection of data including
text,
graphics,
images,
audio and
video, or any system for processing or interacting with such data. Often also includes concepts from
hypertext.
This term was once almost synonymous with
CD-ROM in the
personal computer world because the large amounts of data involved were best supplied on CD-ROM.
DVDs and
broadband Internet connections have now largely replaced CDs as the means of delivery.
A "multimedia PC" typically includes software for playing DVD video,
5.1 audio hardware and can display video on a television. It may also include a television receiver and software to record broadcast television to disk and play it back. The
Multimedia Personal Computer (MPC) standard was an attempt to improve compatibility between such systems.
Usenet newsgroup:
news:comp.multimedia.
(1994-12-02)