Chapter 6: Multimedia in ICT

Multimedia

It is defined as the computer-controlled integration of multiple forms of media that include text, graphics, audio, video, etc.

Client-server architecture

The internet follows what kind of architecture?

Server

It is a computer loaded with a software package that provides requested information to clients.

Client

It is software program that contacts to a server and requests information

Analog media

It saves sounds, pictures, and texts in nonelectronic forms.

Digital media

It transmits the information recorded in the waves into a more flexible format, namely, digitized code that can be transferred across a variety

Linear, Nonlinear, Online, Offline and Hybrid

Types of Multimedia

Linear Multimedia

It presents information and active content without any navigation control for the viewer.

Nonlinear multimedia

It presents information requiring user interactivity to control progress as used with a computer game or used in self-paced computer-based training.

Online multimedia

It is used in applications available with internet connectivity.

Offline multimedia

It is an application presented and used without internet.

Hybrid multimedia

It combines features of online and offline applications.

interactive multimedia

means to interact with these media typically with a computer keyboard, mouse, touch screen, on-screen buttons, and text entry allowing a user to make decisions as to what takes place next.