Most of you know what is multimedia! But still in order to make the idea of multimedia very clear to you, it is necessary to understand what multimedia actually is. As there goes a saying A Little knowledge is dangerous.
Multimedia consists of both the media and the content. Various forms of content are used in multimedia. In short multimedia is combination of text, audio, still images, animation, video and interactive contents.
Generally multimedia is recorded, played, accessed by content processing devices such as electronic and computerized devices. They also play a role in live performance. Multimedia is also describes Electronic media devices like players, which are used to store and experience multimedia content.
Multimedia can be categorized into linear and non-linear categories. Linear active content does not have any navigational control for the viewer it progresses automatically, for example cinema presentation. On the other hand Non-linear content is user interactive, where users can control progress, example a computer game. Hypermedia is also a non-linear content.