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multimedia Definition

multi·me·dia (-mē′dē ə)

noun

  1. a combination of media, as film, tape recordings, slides, and special lighting effects, used for entertainment or education
  2. a combination of communication media, such as television, newspapers, and radio, used in an advertising or publicity campaign
  3. mixed media (sense )
  4. a combination of text, data, pictures, sound, video, etc., as on a CD-ROM compact disc, for interactive access through electronic computers

adjective

for or using multimedia

multimedia Telecom Definition

A method of communications incorporating a combination of media, such as audio, video, text, graphics, and whiteboarding, perhaps on an interactive basis. See also Smell-O-Vision.

multimedia Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • authore: Which is a shame: authoring multimedia teaches a variety of skills from planning to designing.
  • distribute: The focus in the first call in June 1995 was the integration of component services to form value added services and distributed multimedia.
  • integrate: This work has contributed a user model and tailoring mechanism to the W3C SMIL language for integrating multimedia.
  • incorporate: PDF can incorporate multimedia content, and can support interactivity in terms of data gathering through PDF forms.
  • deliver: Its core streaming platforms deliver the highest quality multimedia content for 3D mobile messaging; wireless broadcasting and rich media content applications.
  • create: Amazing Stuff designers can create a virtual multimedia challenge to travel through.

Preposition: in

general: The following links are just starting points for finding more information about computer graphics and multimedia in general for Linux systems.

Adjective modifier

  • interactive: There are many fields in which interactive multimedia now plays a major role.
  • web-based: RLOs are stand-alone " chunks " of interactive web-based multimedia, which support a single learning objective.
  • advanced: Ericsson's latest technology will enable EMT to offer their 3G customers an exciting package of advanced multimedia and mobile broadband services.
  • rich: Membership also includes access to research tools, Merriam-Webster's dictionary and thesaurus, and rich multimedia - all in an advertising-free environment.
  • educational: One of his primary roles is to use the House's digital assets to produce educational multimedia.
  • portable: Archos's AV320 Video Recorder has everything you need for portable multimedia.

Modifies a noun

  • presentation: They took the form of multimedia presentations with pictures provided by the children.
  • courseware: Authoring multimedia courseware for TELL in-house: what does the challenge of being a pioneer really mean?
  • cd-roms: Teaching Methods Students study from multimedia CD-ROMs and text book in their own time and at their own pace.
  • capability: Where Pocket PC PDAs tend to excel is in their multimedia capabilities.
  • PC: Our computer laboratory includes the latest Pentium Multimedia PCs.
  • application: The second step in creating a multimedia application is to gather your assets.

Noun used with modifier

edge: Synergy primarily focuses on the delivery of leading edge multimedia products for global markets.