Multimedia combines various technologies in order to appeal to as many of the senses as possible.
Multimedia has a number of meanings.
Computer software which combines audio or pictures with text and data can be describe as multimedia. The most common use of the term multimedia is now reserved for the combination of audio-visual and computer technology. Text Data Audio Graphics Still pictures Animation Moving pictures A more accurate definition is to say that a multimedia system delivers all of its facilities through a single unit, and an entire multimedia presentation can be recorded onto a single medium, using a combination of three or more of the elements listed above.