LECTURE 1 
          Introduction, History, Terminologies and 
                              Applications
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    Introduction to Multimedia
          First consider what constitutes media. Some 
          examples of media are: 
      Ỗ Animation 
      Ỗ Sound 
      Ỗ Graphics 
      Ỗ Text 
      Ỗ Video 
      Ỗ Photography 
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    Technologies
      Hardware
      Software
      Storage
      Bandwidth
      Devices
      Formats and compressions
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     Introduction to Multimedia
    Multimedia  involves  the  combination  of  two  or  more  media  types  to 
    effectively  create  a  sequence  of  events  that  will  communicate  an  idea 
    usually  with  both  sound  and  visual  support.  Typically,  multimedia 
    productions are developed and controlled by computer. 
    The  enabling  force  behind  multimedia  is 
    digital   technology.     Multimedia     today 
    represents  the  convergence  of  digital 
    control and digital media - the PC as the 
    digital control system and the digital media 
    being  today's  most  advanced  forms  of 
    audio and video storage and transmission. 
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     Introduction to Multimedia
       Multimedia = "Multiple" + "media"
          combination of text, image, computer 
           graphics, animation, sound, and video.
          Inveractive Multimedia - allow user to 
           control each media
          Multimedia  is  the  field  concerned  with  the 
           computer-controlled integration  of  text,  graphics, 
           drawings,  still  and  moving  images  (Video), 
           animation,  audio,  and  any  other  media  where 
           every  type  of  information  can  be  represented, 
           stored, transmitted and processed digitally. 
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