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</script> </div> </div> <div class="right-col main-content topic-page"> <div class="topic-title">Multimedia</div> <div class="topic-tabs"> <div class="topic-tab selected go-link"><a href="/topics/Multimedia">Topic Home</a></div> <div class="topic-tab go-link"><a href="/discussion/Multimedia">Discussion<div class="num-threads-circle ">2</div></a></div> <div class="topic-tab go-link"><a href="/definition/Multimedia">Definition</a></div> </div> <div class="topic-content"> <div class="tp-section"> <div class="tp-header"> <div class="tp-header-icon"><img src="/images/icons/black_arrow.jpg" /></div> <div class="tp-header-headline">Overview</div> </div> <div class="tp-content article"> <div class="tp-ad"> <div class="default-ad"> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> <!-- google_ad_client = "pub-2057283477293842"; /* 300x250, created 2/20/11 */ google_ad_slot = "1883996386"; google_ad_width = 300; google_ad_height = 250; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </div> <b>Multimedia</b> is <a class='greylink1' onMouseover='ShowPop("85834",this,"noimage.gif", event)' onMouseout='HidePop("85834")' href="/topics/Media_(communication)">media</a><span class="hp" id="m85834"><div class="hpHeader">Media (communication)</div><div class="hpContent">In communications, media are the storage and transmission channels or tools used to store and deliver information or data...</div><br></span> and <a class='greylink1' onMouseover='ShowPop("84577",this,"noimage.gif", event)' onMouseout='HidePop("84577")' href="/topics/Content_(media_and_publishing)">content</a><span class="hp" id="m84577"><div class="hpHeader">Content (media and publishing)</div><div class="hpContent">In media production and publishing, content is information and experiences that may provide value for an end-user/audience in specific contexts. Content may be delivered via any medium such as the internet, television, and audio CDs, as well as live events such as conferences and stage performances...</div><br></span> that uses a combination of different <a class='greylink1' onMouseover='ShowPop("33949",this,"noimage.gif", event)' onMouseout='HidePop("33949")' href="/topics/Content_format">content forms</a><span class="hp" id="m33949"><div class="hpHeader">Content format</div><div class="hpContent">A content format is an encoded format for converting a specific type of data to displayable information. Content formats are used in recording and transmission to prepare data for observation or interpretation. This includes both analog and digitized content...</div><br></span>. The term can be used as a noun (a medium with multiple content forms) or as an adjective describing a medium as having multiple content forms. The term is used in contrast to media which use only rudimentary computer display such as text-only, or traditional forms of printed or hand-produced material. Multimedia includes a combination of <a class='greylink1' onMouseover='ShowPop("58007",this,"writing.gif", event)' onMouseout='HidePop("58007")' href="/topics/Writing">text</a><span class="hp" id="m58007"><div class="hpHeader">Writing</div><div class="hpContent"><div class="hpImage" id="i58007"></div>Writing is the representation of language in a textual medium through the use of a set of signs or symbols . It is distinguished from illustration, such as cave drawing and painting, and non-symbolic preservation of language via non-textual media, such as magnetic tape audio.Writing most likely...</div><br></span>, <a class='greylink1' onMouseover='ShowPop("7379",this,"noimage.gif", event)' onMouseout='HidePop("7379")' href="/topics/Sound">audio</a><span class="hp" id="m7379"><div class="hpHeader">Sound</div><div class="hpContent">Sound is a mechanical wave that is an oscillation of pressure transmitted through a solid, liquid, or gas, composed of frequencies within the range of hearing and of a level sufficiently strong to be heard, or the sensation stimulated in organs of hearing by such vibrations.-Propagation of...</div><br></span>, <a class='greylink1' onMouseover='ShowPop("31436",this,"image.gif", event)' onMouseout='HidePop("31436")' href="/topics/Image">still images</a><span class="hp" id="m31436"><div class="hpHeader">Image</div><div class="hpContent"><div class="hpImage" id="i31436"></div>An image is an artifact, for example a two-dimensional picture, that has a similar appearance to some subject—usually a physical object or a person.-Characteristics:...</div><br></span>, <a class='greylink1' onMouseover='ShowPop("80807",this,"animation.gif", event)' onMouseout='HidePop("80807")' href="/topics/Animation">animation</a><span class="hp" id="m80807"><div class="hpHeader">Animation</div><div class="hpContent"><div class="hpImage" id="i80807"></div>Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of images of 2-D or 3-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement. The effect is an optical illusion of motion due to the phenomenon of persistence of vision, and can be created and demonstrated in several ways...</div><br></span>, <a class='greylink1' onMouseover='ShowPop("30179",this,"noimage.gif", event)' onMouseout='HidePop("30179")' href="/topics/Footage">video</a><span class="hp" id="m30179"><div class="hpHeader">Footage</div><div class="hpContent">In filmmaking and video production, footage is the raw, unedited material as it had been originally filmed by movie camera or recorded by a video camera which usually must be edited to create a motion picture, video clip, television show or similar completed work...</div><br></span>, or <a class='greylink1' onMouseover='ShowPop("79550",this,"noimage.gif", event)' onMouseout='HidePop("79550")' href="/topics/Interactivity">interactivity</a><span class="hp" id="m79550"><div class="hpHeader">Interactivity</div><div class="hpContent">In the fields of information science, communication, and industrial design, there is debate over the meaning of interactivity. In the "contingency view" of interactivity, there are three levels:...</div><br></span> content forms.<br /> <br /> Multimedia is usually recorded and played, displayed or accessed by <a class='greylink1' onMouseover='ShowPop("28922",this,"noimage.gif", event)' onMouseout='HidePop("28922")' href="/topics/Information">information content</a><span class="hp" id="m28922"><div class="hpHeader">Information</div><div class="hpContent">Information in its most restricted technical sense is a message or collection of messages that consists of an ordered sequence of symbols, or it is the meaning that can be interpreted from such a message or collection of messages. Information can be recorded or transmitted. It can be recorded as...</div><br></span> processing devices, such as computerized and electronic devices, but can also be part of a live performance. </div> </div> <div class="tp-section"> <div class="tp-header"> <div class="tp-header-icon"><img src="/images/icons/black_arrow.jpg" /></div> <div class="tp-header-headline">Unanswered Questions</div> </div> <div class="tp-content"> <div class="tp-post"> <div class="tp-post-icon"><img src="/images/icons/question_mark.gif" /></div> <div class="tp-post-headline"><a href="/discussionpost/_Name_and_discuss_two_2_clear_advantages_that_interactive_multimedia_has_over_conventional_static_media_____________________________________________56097" class='bluelink2'> Name and discuss two (2) clear advantages that interactive multimedia has over conventional static media. ...</a></div> </div> <div class="more-button-container"><div class="more-button go-link"><a href="/discussion/Multimedia">More</a></div></div> </div> </div> <div class="tp-section"> <div class="tp-header"> <div class="tp-header-icon"><img src="/images/icons/black_arrow.jpg" /></div> <div class="tp-header-headline">Discussions</div> </div> <div class="tp-content"> <div class="tp-post"> <div class="tp-post-icon"><img src="/images/icons/question_mark.gif" /></div> <div class="tp-post-headline"><a href="/discussionpost/Name_and_discuss_two_2_clear_advantages_that_interactive_multimedia_has_over_conventional_static_media__56098" class='bluelink2'>Name and discuss two (2) clear advantages that interactive multimedia has over conventional static media. </a></div> </div> <div class="more-button-container go-link"><div class="more-button"><a href="/discussion/Multimedia">More</a></div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="footer"> <a href="http://www.silverdaleinteractive.com/">Silverdale Interactive</a> 漏 2024. 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