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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun plural The combined use of media, such as movies, music, lighting, and the Internet, as for education, entertainment, or advertising.
- adjective Of or relating to the combined use of several media.
- adjective Computers Of or relating to an application that integrates different media, such as text, graphics, video, and sound.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun plurale tantum the use of different
media to conveyinformation ;text together withaudio ,graphics andanimation , oftenpackaged onCD-ROM with links to theInternet - adjective of, or relating to this
combined use of media - adjective computing of, or relating to an
application that can combine such media into anintegrated package
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun transmission that combine media of communication (text and graphics and sound etc.)
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In common usage, the term multimedia refers to an electronically delivered combination of media including video, still images, audio, text in such a way that can be accessed interactively.
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