Multimedia

=Multimedia=
 * (submitted by Jill Barrie )**

Definition-
Multimedia is usually recorded and played, displayed or accessed by [|information content] processing devices, such as computerized and electronic devices, but can also be part of a live performance. //Multimedia// (as an adjective) also describes [|electronic media] devices used 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]. [|Hypermedia] can be considered one particular multimedia application.
 * Multimedia** (Lat. Multum + Medium) is [|media] that utilizes a combination of different content forms. 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 only utilize traditional forms of printed or hand-produced text and still graphics. In general, multimedia includes a combination of [|text], [|audio], [|still images], [|animation], [|video], and [|interactivity] content forms.

Source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multimedia

Links http://dir.yahoo.com/Computers_and_Internet/Multimedia/
http://fcit.usf.edu/multimedia/overview/overviewa.html