Multimedia applications
A multimedia application is interactiveA computer or application that responds to the user’s input, two way communication between human and device software that combines several types of mediaComponents such as text, video, audio or images that when combined are known as multimedia at once to convey information to an audience. Different types of media that can be used include:
- text
- images (photographs, illustrations)
- audio (music, sounds)
- video
- animation
Multimedia applications have brought about changes to the way people learn, work and play. They are now common in:
- e-learning both in education and the workplace
- entertainment
- modelling and simulation (for example, in virtual reality)
- conveying public information and promotional/advertising messages
The use of several different media components working together creates a more engaging and stimulating product, communicating more effectively to the end user.
Multimedia authoringThe creation of programmes and databases for applications or multimedia products is the process of combining many types of media (including video, text and audio) with interactivity to create an application and convey information to an audience.
Network latency is a measure of how long it takes a message to travel from one device to another across a network. A network with low latency experiences few delays in transmission, whereas a high latency network experiences many delays. The more delays there are, the longer it takes to transmit data across a network. Latency is affected by the number of devices on the network and the type of connection device