Inside Your Computer
MultiMedia
A.K.A.
- Multimedia is Known By No Other Name
What Is It?
Using sight, sound and animation to deliver an interactive experience.
What Does It Do?
Multimedia combines technologies such as audio, video and animation to present the user with an interactive experience.
No advances in the personal computing arena have had the greatest impact to the sales of the personal computer than multimedia.
The ability of the personal computer to interact with the user in the form of computer base training, the playing of interactive games and listening to music has revolutionized the computer industry.
Between 1992 and 1996, sales of computers to the average consumer grew from 4.5 millions to over 60 million.
Enhancements to video cards, sound cards and the invention of the CD-ROM Drive have made this growth possible.