For many people, the definition of multimedia is one of a PC playing games or searching an encyclopedia from a CD-ROM. While this is an application for multimedia, it is only a limited view. Multimedia technology is bringing together several existing products such as the PC, telephone and television and combining them in such a way that the borders and definitions that make a television recognisable as such will rapidly disappear. To do this requires a fundamental change in the way the content and information are encoded, communicated and displayed. It is this revolution with developments in PC technology, video and audio compression, telecommunications and many other disciplines that this book addresses.
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