The second part of the name refers to a type of memory that holds information that can't be altered. Data on a CD are permanent. A single CD holds hundreds of megabytes of data. Here's a look at software that helps children learn about geography and natural history. These programs all come on multimedia CDs, which means they include photographs, video clips, virtual reality animation, recorded speech and music.
Bad multimedia is an empty marketing gimmick.
Good multimedia turns a Macintosh into a learning machine that captures kids' interest and imagination. This engrossing utility package for Windows 95 carries a fairly hefty suggested retail price, but it delivers a suite of extremely useful enhancements to Microsoft's new operating system that many users will find well worth the added tariff. Panda may pounce on pricey obsolescence By 1997 a pot-bellied little box of chips and bolts that looks like R2D2 from Star Wars with a keyboard on the front may write an end to the tyranny of what the billionaires at places such as Microsoft Corp. and Intel Corp. lovingly call Moore's Law. First the law, then the R2D2 box, which amounts to a stunning new approach to building computers that, within the next two years, may write finis to the endless rounds of buyer remorse that have hounded virtually every computer buyer to date. With the arrival of the W2 form comes the hardest time of the year.