电子信息类专业英语Unit_12_Multimedia_Technology教材教学课件.pptVIP

;Text　　Multimedia technology combines audio and visual material to enhance communication and enrich multimedia presentation. As a term,“multimedia”?is frequently used but rarely defined. The word?“multimedia”is being used to describe a mixture of hardware, software and applications, with a consequent confusion in people’s mind as to what it is. The term multimedia literally means many forms of communication and in a sense we have always been immersed in a multimedia environment because we are being that respond to sound, light, touch, and ideas. Multimedia is the integration of text, audio sound, static graphic images, animations, and full-motion video. This is essentially an interactive environment. Multimedia may use some or all of these aspects of communication.;　　If we break the word multimedia into its component parts, we get multi-meaning more than one, and media-meaning form of communication. Those types of media includes: text, audio sound, static graphics images, animation, and full-motion video. 　　Let’s look at each of these components simply. 　　(1) ?Text　　Text is the basis for word processing programs and is still the fundamental information used in many multimedia programs. The computerized form of a book allows the user to look up information quickly without referring to the index or table of contents. ;　　(2) ?Audio Sound　　The integration of audio sound into a multimedia application can provide the user with information not possible through any other method of communication. Audio sound can also reinforce the user’s understanding of information presented in another type of media.　　(3) ?Static Graphics Images　　Static graphics images are an important part of multimedia because humans are visually oriented. There is no movement in these types of picture. Static graphics images have a number of formats and can be created in a number of different ways.;　　(4) ?Animation　　Animation refers to moving graphics images and it is also a powerful form of comm