Basics of Multimedia
Basics of MULTIMEDIA
By
Dolon Mukherjee Lecturer at George College of Management and Science, Kolkata, INDIA mukherjeedolon@rediffmail.com
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Well, before learning the definition of multimedia, let us know the meaning of medium. The entire topic is presented in question and answer format, so that it helps the reader to quickly understand and remember it.
Q) What is medium ?
Ans) A medium (plural media) is something that can be used for presentation of information. There are two basic ways to present some information :-
a) Unimedium presentation :- In this case a single medium is used to present information. For e.g:- a music system is an example of unimedium device because it presents information by using sound medium only. b) Multimedia presentation:- In this case , more than one medium is used to present information. For e.g:- , a TV system is a multimedia device because it presents information by using both sound and video media.
Q) What is Multimedia ?
Ans) Multimedia can be defined as the use of more than one of the media (Text, Graphics, Animation, Audio and Video) for information presentation .
Q)What is a Multimedia Computer System ?
Ans) A multimedia computer system can be defined as a computer having capability to integrate two or more types of media such as text, graphics, animation, audio and video for generation, storage, representation, manipulation and access of multimedia information.
Q) Requirements of Multimedia computer system :-
Ans) Generally, data size of multimedia information is much larger than textual information. Due to this, multimedia computer systems require:-
a) Faster CPU ( for quicker processing of large amount of data) b) Larger storage devices ( for storing large data files) c) Larger main memory ( for running programs with large data size) d) Devices like keyboard, mouse, joystick, touch screen by which the user can
By
Dolon Mukherjee Lecturer at George College of Management and Science, Kolkata, INDIA mukherjeedolon@rediffmail.com
………………
Well, before learning the definition of multimedia, let us know the meaning of medium. The entire topic is presented in question and answer format, so that it helps the reader to quickly understand and remember it.
Q) What is medium ?
Ans) A medium (plural media) is something that can be used for presentation of information. There are two basic ways to present some information :-
a) Unimedium presentation :- In this case a single medium is used to present information. For e.g:- a music system is an example of unimedium device because it presents information by using sound medium only. b) Multimedia presentation:- In this case , more than one medium is used to present information. For e.g:- , a TV system is a multimedia device because it presents information by using both sound and video media.
Q) What is Multimedia ?
Ans) Multimedia can be defined as the use of more than one of the media (Text, Graphics, Animation, Audio and Video) for information presentation .
Q)What is a Multimedia Computer System ?
Ans) A multimedia computer system can be defined as a computer having capability to integrate two or more types of media such as text, graphics, animation, audio and video for generation, storage, representation, manipulation and access of multimedia information.
Q) Requirements of Multimedia computer system :-
Ans) Generally, data size of multimedia information is much larger than textual information. Due to this, multimedia computer systems require:-
a) Faster CPU ( for quicker processing of large amount of data) b) Larger storage devices ( for storing large data files) c) Larger main memory ( for running programs with large data size) d) Devices like keyboard, mouse, joystick, touch screen by which the user can
References: - 1)Multimedia: making it work ….. By Tay Vaughan …McGraw-Hill 2)MultiMedia: texts and contexts …. By Anne Cranny-Francis…SAGE Publications Ltd. 3) Multimedia …. By Tony Feldman…Chapman and Hall 4) Internet