Chicago, IL, Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 1997. According to Hansen's preface, entry terms and phrases were drawn from diverse fields and selected on the basis of their relevance to multimedia production and distribution, including the disciplines of audio, graphics, hardware, networking, human factors, software, telecommunications, and video.
Most entries are brief.
The briefest entries merely spell out an acronym and are not very useful. The longest entries, for topics such as FireWire, authoring software, QuickTime, and Internet Relay Chat, run to a page or so in length. Some of the entries seem dated and useful only for historical information. For example, the daisy wheel printer receives both a definition and an illustration, yet daisy wheels have all but disappeared from the printer market. The numerous illustrations are usually informative line drawings.