what is Multimedia?

What is Multimedia ?

A medium is something that can be used for presentation of  the information. There are two elementary  ways to present some information.

1.    Uni-medium Presentation:

In this case a single medium is used to display information.  Example: a music system is a uni-medium device because it presents information by using  only sound medium . Similarly, a book having only text (no diagrams) is also a uni-medium

 device because it present information by using  text medium only.

2.     Multimedia Presentation:

In this case more than one medium is used to display information.                            Example:TV system is a multimedia device because it present information by        using sound and video media similarly a book having both text and diagrams is also a multimedia device because it presents  information by using text , graphics and images.

In the case of computer systems , media used commonly for storage, access, and transmission of information are:

·        Text

·        Graphics

·        Animation

·        Audio

·        Video

Hence in computer world, a multimedia refers to use of more than one of the above listed media for information presentation to computer users   such as text and sound.