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A Dictionary of Computing | 2004 | | © A Dictionary of Computing 2004, originally published by Oxford University Press 2004. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

multimedia The combined use of digitized information representing text, sound, and still or video images, or the media so used. The term can refer to any interactive system and any data storage medium, but is widely applied to data stored on CD-ROM or DVD and accessed by a personal computer: the dialogue with the user makes use of the various media in an integrated way. The PC must be equipped with a CD-ROM drive; it usually also has a sound card and a pair of loudspeakers, since the audio capability of an ordinary PC is very limited. The MPC specification defines these and other technical requirements. A multimedia PC may in addition have a MIDI interface, which allows the connection of more sophisticated sound equipment and electronic musical instruments.

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