MULTIMEDIA

Multimedia is simply multiple forms of media integrated together. Media can be text, graphics, audio, animation, video, data, etc. An example of multimedia is a web page on the topic of Mozart that has text regarding the composer along with an audio file of some of his music and can even include a video of his music being played in a hall.
Almost everybody by now has heard the word multimedia. Everybody reads about it, talks about it and wants it? But what is it? When looking for a multimedia computer, most ads indicate that if you have a CD-ROM drive and sound capabilities you now have a multimedia computer. Unfortunately this definition of multimedia only misleads people. Multimedia has a very simple definition. It involves any combination of two or more of the following elements: text, image, sound, speech, video, and computer programs. These mediums are digitally controlled by a computer(s). In order to get an idea across, one can use multimedia to convey their message. Multimedia enhances the information for better communication and understanding.
The combination of sounds and speech are used on the radio, newspapers use a combination of text and images, and television combines all these elements (except computer programs) and uses it to relay a message to the viewer. For years the concept of multimedia has existed but the word 'multimedia' did not. How the viewer interprets this data depends on how he or she perceives the information. Television doesn't allow users to assess the information at their own speed. The message is transmitted one-way via cables or radiowaves to their television sets. The user doesn't have the option to interact with this type of multimedia presentation. Multimedia enables us to simulate an environment allowing the user to feel like they are actually there (eg. aircraft simulation). The actions of the user are computed in real-time allowing their perception of the environment to respond accordingly. Using the example of an aircraft simulator, when the pilotpull back on the yoke, almost immediately the view out of the 'window' acts as though the plane is rising. The plane also tilts in a manner which feels like the plane is actually rising