Cornell Note Taking Form 

Subject: Multimedia

Key Points: Notes:

Overview - Multimedia Computers: A computer that can use media
materials in a variety of digital forms (e.g. visual, audio, etc.)
What are the required - Multimedia PC Requirements:
features of a sound - 75 MHz Pentium; 8 mb RAM; 540 mb hard disk;
card in a multimedia CD-ROM 4x or greater; 16-bit wavetable sound card
PC? w/MIDI; video card - 600 x 800, 24-bit color; MPEG-1
325 x 240 @ 30 FPS

- Monitors: Outputs visuals by stimulating pixels on the screen.

- Scanners: Processes physical paper and outputs it digitally.
Devices: - Speakers: Outputs sound processed by the sound card in a PC.
- CD-R/CD-RW: Allows data to be burned onto recordable CDs
What is the relation for storage.
between a scanner - Peripherals
and a monitor? - Removable Storage Devices:
- Zip Drives (100/250 MB), Jazz Drives (½ GB),
Super Disks (120 MB disks, can use floppy
drives)
- Etc...

Summary: A multimedia computer is able to process media materials in varying digital

forms. Devices such as monitors and speakers allow the computer to output this material
visually and audibly, respectively. Other devices include scanners, CD burners, and
miscellaneous peripherals.