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Multimedia (Lat. Multum + Medium) is media that uses multiple forms of information content and information processing (e.g. text, audio, graphics, animation, video, interactivity) to inform or entertain the (user) audience. Multimedia also refers to the use of (but not limited to) electronic media to store and experience multimedia content. Multimedia is similar to traditional mixed media in fine art, but with a broader scope. The term "rich media" is synonymous for interactive multimedia. Multimedia means that computer info can be represented through audio, graphics, image, video and animation in addition to traditional media(text and graphics). Hypermedia can be considered one particular multimedia application. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary (a portmanteau of wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 150 languages. ... The ASCII codes for the word Wikipedia represented in binary, the numeral system most commonly used for encoding computer information. ... In general, information processing is the changing (processing) of information in any manner detectable by an observer. ... A specimen of roman typefaces by William Caslon Typography is the art and techniques of type design, modifying type glyphs, and arranging type. ... Sound is a disturbance of mechanical energy that propagates through matter as a wave. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into image (disambiguation). ... The bouncing ball animation (below) consists of these 6 frames. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... ‹ The template below has been proposed for deletion. ... A screenshot of a web page. ... Mixed media, in visual art, refers to an artwork in the making of which more than one medium has been employed. ... Fine art refers to arts that are concerned with beauty or which appealed to taste (SOED 1991). ... Interactive media refers to media of communication that allow for active participation by the recipient, hence interactivity. ... Hypermedia is a term used as a logical extension of the term hypertext, in which audio, video, plain text, and non-linear hyperlinks intertwine to create a generally non-linear medium of information. ...

Multimedia is a combination of content forms:
Text	Audio	Still Images
Animation	Video	Interactivity

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Categorization

Linear Presentation	Non-linear Interactive

Multimedia may be broadly divided into linear and non-linear categories. Linear active content progresses without any navigation control for the viewer such as a cinema presentation. Non-linear content offers user interactivity to control progress as used with a computer game or used in self-paced computer based training. Non-linear content is also known as hypermedia content. Image File history File links Crystal_128_clock. ... Image File history File links Crystal_128_yast_accessx. ... A typical multiplex (AMC Promenade 16 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, United States). ... ‹ The template below has been proposed for deletion. ... A computer game is a game composed of a computer-controlled virtual universe that players interact with in order to achieve a defined goal or set of goals. ... Embanet is the leading provider of fully hosted and supported e-learning solutions to educational institutions. ... Hypermedia is a term used as a logical extension of the term hypertext, in which audio, video, plain text, and non-linear hyperlinks intertwine to create a generally non-linear medium of information. ...

Multimedia presentations can be live or recorded. A recorded presentation may allow interactivity via a navigation system. A live multimedia presentation may allow interactivity via interaction with the presenter or performer. Street preacher in Covent Garden using a presentation style Presentation is the process of presenting the content of a topic to an audience. ... In computing, spatial navigation is the ability to navigate between focusable elements (such as hyperlinks and form controls) within a structured document or user interface (such as HTML) according to the spatial location. ...

Features

Local Recorded	Online Streaming

Multimedia presentations may be viewed in person on stage, projected, transmitted, or played locally with a media player. A broadcast may be a live or recorded multimedia presentation. Broadcasts and recordings can be either analog or digital electronic media technology. Digital online multimedia may be downloaded or streamed. Streaming multimedia may be live or on-demand. Image File history File links Crystal_128_yast_CD-Rom. ... Image File history File links Crystal_128_kppp. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Projectors are used for displaying an image on a projection screen or similar surface for the view of an audience. ... In communications and information processing, a transmitter (sometimes abbreviated XMTR) is an object (source) which sends information to an observer (receiver). ... This article is about media players in general. ... Broadcasting is the distribution of audio and/or video signals which transmit programs to an audience. ... Analog electronics are those electronic systems with a continuously variable signal. ... Digital circuits are electric circuits based on a number of discrete voltage levels. ... Online means being connected to the Internet or another similar electronic network, like a bulletin board system. ... Streaming media is multimedia that is continuously received by, and normally displayed to, the end-user while it is being delivered by the provider. ...

Multimedia games and simulations may be used in a physical environment with special effects, with multiple users in an online network, or locally with an offline computer, game system, or simulator. This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... The Nintendo GameCube is an example of a popular video game console. ... A simulation is an imitation of some real device or state of affairs. ...

The various formats of technological or digital multimedia may be intended to enhance the users experience, for example to make it easier and faster to convey information. Or in entertainment or art, to transcend everyday experience.

A lasershow is a live multimedia performance.

Enhanced levels of interactivity are made possible by combining multiple forms of media content. Online multimedia is increasingly becoming object-oriented and data-driven, enabling applications with collaborative end-user innovation and personalization on multiple forms of content over time. Examples of these range from multiple forms of content on web sites like photo galleries with both images (pictures) and title (text) user-updated, to simulations whose co-efficients, events, illustrations, animations or videos are modifiable, allowing the multimedia "experience" to be altered without reprogramming. In addition to seeing and hearing, Haptic technology enables virtual objects to be felt. Emerging technology involving illusions of taste and smell may also enhance the multimedia experience. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1600x1067, 348 KB) Classical Specatular featured state of the art laser and lighting designed by Durham Marenghi Photo taken at ISO 1600 with no tripod File links The following pages link to this file: Laser Lighting ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1600x1067, 348 KB) Classical Specatular featured state of the art laser and lighting designed by Durham Marenghi Photo taken at ISO 1600 with no tripod File links The following pages link to this file: Laser Lighting ... Copper Bromide laser in operation. ... Online means being connected to the Internet or another similar electronic network, like a bulletin board system. ... Collaborative software is software designed to help people involved in a common task achieve their goals. ... User innovation refers to innovations developed by consumers and end users, rather than manufacturers. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This article is about haptic technology. ... Taste is one of the traditional five senses and refers to the ability to detect the flavor of foodstuffs and other substances (e. ... The Oder (or Odra) River (German: Oder, Polish/Czech: Odra, Ancient Latin: Viadua, Viadrus, Medieval Latin: Odera, Oddera) is a river in Central Europe (mostly in Poland). ...

Terminology

History of the term

In 1965 the term Multi-media was used to describe the Exploding Plastic Inevitable, a performance that combined live rock music, cinema, experimental lighting and performance art. Year 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. ... Exploding. ... For other uses, see Rock music (disambiguation). ... This article is about Performance art. ...

In the intervening forty years the word has taken on different meanings. In the late 1970s the term was used to describe presentations consisting of multi-projector slide shows timed to an audio track. In the 1990s it took on its current meaning. In common usage the term multimedia refers to an electronically delivered combination of media including video, still images, audio, text in such a way that can be accessed interactively.^[1] Much of the content on the web today falls within this definition as understood by millions.

Some computers which were marketed in the 1990s were called "multimedia" computers because they incorporated a CD-ROM drive, which allowed for the delivery of several hundred megabytes of video, picture, and audio data.

Word usage and context

Since media is the plural of medium, the term "multimedia" is a pleonasm if "multi" is used to describe multiple occurrences of only one form of media such as a collection of audio CDs. This is why it's important that the word "multimedia" is used exclusively to describe multiple forms of media. // Pleonasm is the use of more words (or even word-parts) than necessary to express an idea clearly. ... CD re-directs here; see Cd for other meanings of CD. Image of a compact disc (pencil included for scale) A compact disc (or CD) is an optical disc used to store digital data, originally developed for storing digital audio. ...

The term "multimedia" is also ambiguous. Static content (such as a paper book) may be considered multimedia if it contains both pictures and text or may be considered interactive if the user interacts by turning pages at will. Books may also be considered non-linear if the pages are accessed non-sequentially. The term "video", if not used exclusively to describe motion photography, is ambiguous in multimedia terminology. Video is often used to describe the file format, delivery format, or presentation format instead of the form of information content such as moving illustrations or still pictures. Multiple forms of information content are often not considered multimedia if they don't contain modern forms of presentation such as audio or video. Likewise, single forms of information content with single methods of information processing (e.g. non-interactive audio) are often called multimedia, perhaps to distinguish static media from active media.

Usage

VVO Multimedia-Terminal in Dresden WTC (Germany)

A presentation using Powerpoint. Corporate presentations may combine all forms of media

Virtual reality uses multimedia content. Applications and delivery platforms of multimedia are virtually limitless.

Multimedia finds its application in various areas including, but not limited to, advertisements, art, education, entertainment, engineering, medicine, mathematics, business, scientific research and spatial temporal applications. Below are the several examples as follows: Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1536x2048, 859 KB) VVO Multimedia-Terminal photographed by Mike Krüger, 2006, in Dresden WTC (Germany) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Multimedia Metadata This file contains... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1536x2048, 859 KB) VVO Multimedia-Terminal photographed by Mike Krüger, 2006, in Dresden WTC (Germany) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Multimedia Metadata This file contains... For other uses, see Dresden (disambiguation). ... Download high resolution version (1760x1168, 439 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Download high resolution version (1760x1168, 439 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... “Power point” redirects here. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... This article is about the simulation technology. ... In computing, a platform describes some sort of framework, either in hardware or software, which allows software to run. ... Generally speaking, advertising is the paid promotion of goods, services, companies and ideas by an identified sponsor. ... This article is about the philosophical concept of Art. ... A stilt-walker entertaining shoppers at a shopping centre in Swindon, England Entertainment is an event, performance, or activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation to an audience (although, for example, in the case of a computer game the audience may be only one person). ... Engineering is the applied science of acquiring and applying knowledge to design, analysis, and/or construction of works for practical purposes. ... For the chemical substances known as medicines, see medication. ... Euclid, Greek mathematician, 3rd century BC, as imagined by by Raphael in this detail from The School of Athens. ... In economics, a business is a legally-recognized organizational entity existing within an economically free country designed to sell goods and/or services to consumers, usually in an effort to generate profit. ... A scientific method or process is considered fundamental to the scientific investigation and acquisition of new knowledge based upon physical evidence. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Spatial-temporal reasoning. ...

Professional

Creative industries

Creative industries use multimedia for a variety of purposes ranging from fine arts, to entertainment, to commercial art, to journalism, to media and software services provided for any of the industries listed below. An individual multimedia designer may cover the spectrum throughout their career. Request for their skills range from technical, to analytical, to creative. Creative Industries (or sometimes Creative Economy) refers to a set of interlocking industry sectors, and are often cited as being a growing part of the global economy. ... Journalism is a discipline of gathering, writing and reporting news, and more broadly it includes the process of editing and presenting the news articles. ...

Commercial

Much of the electronic old and new media utilized by commercial artists is multimedia. Exciting presentations are used to grab and keep attention in advertising. Industrial, business to business, and interoffice communications are often developed by creative services firms for advanced multimedia presentations beyond simple slide shows to sell ideas or liven-up training. Commercial multimedia developers may be hired to design for governmental services and nonprofit services applications as well. The old media or legacy media are the traditional means of communication and expression that existed before the new media of the Internet. ... New media refers to forms of human and media communication that have been transformed by the creative use of technology to fulfil the basic social need to interact and transact. ... “Advert” redirects here. ... Creative Services are a subsector of the creative industries, a part of the economy that creates wealth by offering creativity for hire to other businesses. ... Public services is a term usually used to mean services provided by government to its citizens, either directly (through the public sector) or by financing private provision of services. ... A non-profit organization (often called non-profit org or simply non-profit or not-for-profit) can be seen as an organization that doesnt have a goal to make a profit. ...

Entertainment and fine arts

In addition, multimedia is heavily used in the entertainment industry, especially to develop special effects in movies and animations. Multimedia games are a popular pastime and are software programs available either as CD-ROMs or online. Some video games also use multimedia features. Special effects (also called SPFX or SFX) are used in the film, television, and entertainment industry to realize scenes that cannot be achieved by live action or normal means. ... This article is about computer and video games. ...

Multimedia applications that allow users to actively participate instead of just sitting by as passive recipients of information are called Interactive Multimedia.

In the Arts there are multimedia artists, whose minds are able to blend techniques using different media that in some way incorporates interaction with the viewer. One of the most relevant could be Peter Greenaway who is melding Cinema with Opera and all sorts of digital media. Another approach entails the creation of multimedia that can be displayed in a traditional fine arts arena, such as an art gallery. For the most part these artists are using materials that will not hold up over time. The Arts is a broad subdivision of culture, comprised of many expressive disciplines. ... Multimedia artists are contemporary artists who use a wide range of media to communicate their art. ... Peter Greenaway, CBE (born 5 April 1942) is a Welsh-born English [1] film director. ... This article is about Opera, the art form. ... The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. ...

Education

In Education, multimedia is used to produce computer-based training courses (popularly called CBTs) and reference books like encyclopaedia and almanacs. A CBT lets the user go through a series of presentations, text about a particular topic, and associated illustrations in various information formats. Edutainment is an informal term used to describe combining education with entertainment, especially multimedia entertainment. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Edutainment (also educational entertainment or entertainment-education) is a form of entertainment designed to educate as well as to amuse. ...

Engineering

Software engineers may use multimedia in Computer Simulations for anything from entertainment to training such as military or industrial training. Multimedia for software interfaces are often done as a collaboration between creative professionals and software engineers. Software engineering (SE) is the profession concerned with specifying, designing, developing and maintaining software applications by applying technologies and practices from computer science, project management, and other fields. ... A simulation is an imitation of some real device or state of affairs. ... Training refers to the acquisition of knowledge, skills, and competencies as a result of the teaching of vocational or practical skills and knowledge that relates to specific useful skills. ... A graphical user interface (or GUI, often pronounced gooey), is a particular case of user interface for interacting with a computer which employs graphical images and widgets in addition to text to represent the information and actions available to the user. ... Although creative professionals--people who work full-time in creative endeavors--have been a part of the workforce for more than 500 years, several events during the past decade have altered industry and public perception of these workers. ...

Industry

In the Industrial sector, multimedia is used as a way to help present information to shareholders, superiors and coworkers. Multimedia is also helpful for providing employee training, advertising and selling products all over the world via virtually unlimited web-based technologies. For other uses of this term, see Industry (disambiguation) “Industrial” redirects here. ...

Mathematical and Scientific Research

In Mathematical and Scientific Research, multimedia are mainly used for modelling and simulation. For example, a scientist can look at a molecular model of a particular substance and manipulate it to arrive at a new substance. Representative research can be found in journals such as the Journal of Multimedia. Mathematics is commonly defined as the study of patterns of structure, change, and space; more informally, one might say it is the study of figures and numbers. Mathematical knowledge is constantly growing, through research and application, but mathematics itself is not usually considered a natural science. ... A scientific method or process is considered fundamental to the scientific investigation and acquisition of new knowledge based upon physical evidence. ... This article is about the profession. ... The backbone dihedral angles are included in the molecular model of a protein. ... The Journal of Multimedia is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published monthly by Academy Publisher. ...

Medicine

In Medicine, doctors can get trained by looking at a virtual surgery or they can simulate how the human body is affected by diseases spread by viruses and bacteria and then develop techniques to prevent it. For the chemical substances known as medicines, see medication. ... “Surgeon” redirects here. ... Physical Features of the Human Body The human body is the entire physical structure of a human organism. ... This article is about the medical term. ... This article is about biological infectious particles. ... Phyla/Divisions Actinobacteria Aquificae Bacteroidetes/Chlorobi Chlamydiae/Verrucomicrobia Chloroflexi Chrysiogenetes Cyanobacteria Deferribacteres Deinococcus-Thermus Dictyoglomi Fibrobacteres/Acidobacteria Firmicutes Fusobacteria Gemmatimonadetes Nitrospirae Omnibacteria Planctomycetes Proteobacteria Spirochaetes Thermodesulfobacteria Thermomicrobia Thermotogae Bacteria (singular, bacterium) are a major group of living organisms. ...

Miscellaneous

In Europe, the reference organization for Multimedia industry is the European Multimedia Associations Convention (EMMAC). The European Multimedia Associations Convention (EMMAC) is a European network of multimedia associations. ...

An observatory for jobs in the multimedia industry provides surveys and analysis about multimedia and ITC jobs.[1]

Conferences

There are a large number of multimedia conferences, the two main scholarly scientific conferences being:

• ACM Multimedia;
• IEEE ICME, International Conference on Multimedia & Expo.

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References, Sources, and Notes

• Multimedia Making it Work, by Tay Vaughan. Osborne McGraw Hill, 1993. ISBN 0-07-881869.

See also

• Multimedia Esperanto
• Multimedia literacy
• Multimedia Messaging Service

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External links

• History of Multimedia from the University of Calgary
• Multimedia - From Wagner to Virtual Reality
• Degree in Multimedia - Maimonides University