English Dictionary
◊ MULTIMEDIA
multimedia
n : transmission that combine media of communication (text and
graphics and sound etc.) [syn: {multimedia system}]
English Computing Dictionary
◊ MULTIMEDIA
multimedia
Human-computer interaction involving text, graphics, voice and
video. Often also includes concepts from {hypertext}.
This term has come to be almost synonymous with {CD-ROM} in
the {personal computer} world because the large amounts of
data involved are currently best supplied on CD-ROM.
{Usenet} newsgroup: {news:comp.multimedia}.
(1994-12-02)