Assembly Language Introduction

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Derived from the word “Multi” and “Media” o Multi

• Many, Multiple, o Media

• Tools that is used to represent or do a certain things, delivery medium, a form of mass communication – newspaper, magazine / tv. • Distribution tool & information presentation – text, graphic, voice, images, music and etc.

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Multimedia is a combination of text, graphic, sound, animation, and video that is delivered interactively to the user by electronic or digitally manipulated means.

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A broad term for something that contains words to express something. Text is the most basic element of multimedia. A good choice of words could help convey the intended message to the users (keywords). Used in contents, menus, navigational buttons

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Two-dimensional figure or illustration Could be produced manually (by drawing, painting, carving, etc.) or by computer graphics technology. Used in multimedia to show more clearly what a particular information is all about (diagrams, picture).

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AUDIO
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Produced by vibration, as perceived by the sense of hearing.  In multimedia, audio could come in the form of speech, sound effects and also music score.

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The illusion of motion created by the consecutive display of images of static elements. In multimedia, animation is used to further enhance / enriched the experience of the user to further understand the information conveyed to them.

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Is the technology of capturing, recording, processing, transmitting, and reconstructing moving pictures. Video is more towards photo realistic image sequence / live recording as in comparison to animation. Video also takes a lot of storage space. So plan carefully before you are going to use it.

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When the user is given the option of controlling the elements.