Multimedia

be used as a noun (a medium with multiple content

forms) or as an adjective describing a medium as having multiple content forms. The term is used in contrast to media which use only rudimentary computer display such as text-only, or traditional forms of printed or hand-produced material. Multimedia includes a combination of text, audio, images, animation, video, or interactivity content forms.

without any navigational control for the viewer such as a cinema

presentation. Non-linear content offers user interactivity to control progress as used with a video game or used in self-paced computer based training. Hypermedia is an example of non-linear content. Multimedia presentations can be live or recorded. A recorded presentation may allow interactivity via a navigation system. A live multimedia presentation may allow interactivity via an interaction with the presenter or performer.

with a media player. A broadcast may be a live or recorded multimedia

presentation. Broadcasts and recordings can be either analog or digital electronic media technology. Digital online multimedia may be downloaded or streamed. Streaming multimedia may be live or on-demand.

Multimedia games and simulations may be used in a physical environment with special effects, with multiple users in an online network, or locally with an offline computer, game system, or simulator.

limited to advertisements, art, education, entertainment,
engineering, medicine, mathematics, business, scientific research and spatial temporal applications. Several examples are as

follows:

Commercial
Entertainment and fine arts
Education
Journalism
Engineering
Industry
Mathematical and scientific research
Medicine
Document imaging
Disabilities