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Introduction(图像处理与多媒体)  HYPERLINK 美联英语提供 Multimedia means, from the user’s perspective, that computer information can be represented through audio and/or video, in addition to text, image, graphics and animation . 从用户的观点，多媒体技术意味着，计算机信息不仅可以通过文本、图象、图形和动画，还可以通过音频或者视频表现出来。 For example, using audio and video, a variety of dynamic situations in different areas, such as sport or ornithology lexicon, can often be presented better than just using text and image alone. 例如，利用音频或者视频，许多不同领域的动态情形，例如运动场面、鸟类生活，能够比仅仅使用文本和图象更生动形象的表现出来。 The integration of these media into the computer provides additional possibilities for the use of computational power currently available (e.g., for interactive presentation of huge amounts of information ). 多媒体与计算机的综合为计算机的普遍应用提供了额外的可行性（例如：大量信息的交互式表现）。 Furthermore, these data can be transmitted though computer and telecommunication networks, which implies applications in the areas of information distribution and cooperative work. 另外，这些数据可以通过意味着信息分工和合作工作。 Multimedia provides the possibility for a spectrum of new applications, many of which are in place today. 多媒体技术为一连串的新应用程序提供了可能性（多媒体技术是一连串的新应用程序成为可能），并且许多已经开发到位。 8.1.1Main Properties of a Multimedia System If we derive a multimedia system from the meaning of the words in the American Heritage Dictionary, then a multimedia system is any system which supports more than a single kind of media. 如果我们从美国传统字典中查找a multimedia system 的字面意思，我们可以得知—一个多媒体系统是任何支持多于一种单一媒体的系统 This characterization is insufficient because it only deals with a quantitative evaluation of the system. 这一描述是不充分的，因为他只是对系统进行定量的评估。 For example, each system processing text and graphics would be classified as a multimedia system according to this narrow definition. 例如，根据这一狭隘的定义，任何能处理文字和图片的系统都将???归类为多媒体系统。 Such systems already existed before the multimedia notion was used in a computer environment. 这些系统在多媒体概念被应用于计算机领域之前就已经存在了。 Hence, the notion multimedia implies a new quality in a computer environment. 因此，多媒体这一概念意味着在计算机领域中的一种新