1. Multimedia
1.1. Characterisitcs of multimedia systems
1.1.1. What is a multimedia system?
1.1.1.1. Information Systems that include:
1.1.1.1.1. Text and numbers
1.1.1.1.2. Audio
1.1.1.1.3. Images and/or animations
1.1.1.1.4. Video
1.1.1.1.5. Hyperlinks
1.1.2. Differences between print and multimedia
1.1.2.1. different modes of display
1.1.2.2. interactivity and involvement of participants in multimedia systems
1.1.2.3. ease of distribution
1.1.2.4. authority of document
1.1.3. Demands placed on hardware by multimedia systems
1.1.3.1. storage
1.1.3.1.1. bit depth
1.1.3.1.2. representation of colour data
1.1.3.1.3. sampling rates for audio data
1.1.3.2. processing
1.1.3.2.1. video data
1.1.3.2.2. frame rates
1.1.3.2.3. image processing
1.1.3.2.4. animation processing
1.1.3.3. display
1.1.3.3.1. pixels
1.1.3.3.2. resolution
1.1.4. Development of multimedia systems
1.1.4.1. Content Providers
1.1.4.2. System Designers
1.1.4.3. Project Managers
1.1.4.4. Collection of media types
1.1.4.5. Editing of media types
1.1.4.6. Design and layout
1.1.4.7. Technical support
1.2. Examples of multimedia systems
1.2.1. Areas of Multimedia Use
1.2.1.1. Education & Training
1.2.1.2. Leisure & Entertainment
1.2.1.3. Information Provision
1.2.1.3.1. Information Kiosk
1.2.1.4. Virtual Reality & Simulations
1.2.1.4.1. Flight Simulator
1.2.1.5. Combined Areas
1.2.1.5.1. Educational Games
1.2.2. Advances in Technology
1.2.2.1. What is influencing multimedia development?
1.3. Displaying in multimedia systems
1.3.1. Hardware
1.3.2. Software
1.4. Other Information Processes in multimedia systems
1.4.1. Processing
1.4.1.1. Integration of text, number, audio, image, video
1.4.1.2. Compression and Decompression
1.4.1.3. Hypermedia - linking of different media to one another
1.4.2. Organising
1.4.2.1. Storyboard
1.4.2.1.1. Linear
1.4.2.1.2. Hierarchical
1.4.2.1.3. Non-linear
1.4.2.1.4. Combination
1.4.3. Storing and retrieving
1.4.3.1. Different file formats for different types of data
1.4.3.2. Compression and Decompression
1.4.4. Collecting
1.5. Issues related to multimedia systems
1.5.1. Copyright
1.5.2. Appropriate use of the internet
1.5.3. Merging of media - radio, tv, internet
1.5.4. Digitisation
1.5.5. Integrity of source data
1.5.6. Current and Emerging trends