We are in fact experiencing a mass migration from an analog world to a digital world. - We are in fact experiencing a mass migration from an analog world to a digital world.
- In an analog world communications are accomplished via continuous signals such as those used by telephones for sound and those recorded by VCRs for video.
- In a digital world text, images, sound, and video communications are accomplished by sending a stream of digital bits represented by various combinations of zeroes and ones, which (not coincidentally) is the very same technique used to store and manipulate data inside computers.
The illustration below shows a schematic representation of the difference between analog and digital signals and identifies an everyday device that uses these signals. - The illustration below shows a schematic representation of the difference between analog and digital signals and identifies an everyday device that uses these signals.
Multimedia involves the application of various communication channels to a communication exercise. When the various communication channels are used in association with a computer: we call the result computer multimedia. - Multimedia involves the application of various communication channels to a communication exercise. When the various communication channels are used in association with a computer: we call the result computer multimedia.
- The essence of the process of creating multimedia is that a number of types of information (including text, graphics, animation, sound and video) are able to be combined through the use of a computer.
Desktop multimedia occupies a role between traditional alternatives of cheap but ineffective single-medium technologies, and the expensive but impressive technologies relying on mainframes, digital editing, and customized software. - Desktop multimedia occupies a role between traditional alternatives of cheap but ineffective single-medium technologies, and the expensive but impressive technologies relying on mainframes, digital editing, and customized software.
- The written word is still the medium used for most of our information requirements, but it offers a limited information bandwidth.
- Decorated with graphics, a document's information content and flow can be markedly improved.
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