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CASE STUDY  
 
 

OUE 1   History of Multimedia- Include images

ANS. Multimedia is a form of communication that combines different content form such as text,
audio, images, animations, or video into a single presentation, in contrast to traditional mass media,
such as printed material or audio recordings. Popular examples of multimedia include video
podcasts, audio slideshows and Animated videos. Multimedia can be recorded for playback on
computers, laptops, smartphones, and other electronic devices, either on demand or in real time
(streaming). In the early years of multimedia. Multimedia can be recorded for playback on
computers, laptops, smartphones, and other electronic devices, either on demand or in real time
(streaming). The term multimedia was coined by singer and artist Bob Goldstein

Categorization
Multimedia may be broadly divided into linear and non-linear categories:

 Linear active content progresses often without any navigational control for the viewers
such as a cinema-presentations;
 Non-linear uses interactivity to control progress as with a video games or self-
paced computer-based training. hypermedia is an example of non-linear content.

Usage/application
Multimedia finds its application in various areas including, but not limited
to, advertisement, art, education, entertainment, engineering, medicines, mathematics, business,
scientific research.

Creative industries
use multimedia for a variety of purposes ranging from fine arts, to entertainment, to commercial
art, to journalism, to media and software services provided for any of the industries listed below. An
individual multimedia designer may cover the spectrum throughout their career. Request for their
skills range from technical, to analytical, to creative.

Commercial uses:
Much of the electronic old and new media used by commercial artists and graphic designers is
multimedia. Exciting presentations are used to grab and keep attention in advertising  
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Entertainment and fine arts

Multimedia is heavily used in the entertainment industry, especially to develop special effects in
movies and animations (VFX, 3D animation, etc.). Multimedia games are a popular pastime and
are software programs available either as CD-ROMs or online. video games class as multimedia,
as such games meld animation, audio, and, most importantly, interactivity, to allow the player an
immersive experience. While video games can vary in terms of animation style or audio type or
even lack thereof, the element of interactivity makes them a striking example of interactive
multimedia. Interactive multimedia defines multimedia applications that allow users to actively
participate instead of just sitting by as passive recipients of information.

Educational technology
Multimedia provides students with an alternate means of acquiring knowledge designed to
enhance teaching and learning through various mediums and platforms. In the 1960s, technology
began to expand into the classrooms through devices such as screens and telewriters. This
technology allows students to learn at their own pace and gives teachers the ability to observe the
individual needs of each student.

Social work
Multimedia is a robust education methodology within the social work context. The five different
multimedia which supports the education process are narrative media, interactive media,
communicative media, adaptive media, and productive media. Contrary to long-standing belief,
multimedia technology in social work education existed before the prevalence of the internet. It
takes the form of images, audio, and video into the curriculum.

Components of multimedia

                                                                      
Following are the common components of multimedia:  

• Text‐ All multimedia productions contain some amount of text. The text can have various types of 
fonts and sizes to suit the profession presentation of the multimedia software.  
• Graphics‐ Graphics make the multimedia application attractive. In many cases people do not like 
reading large amount of textual matter on the screen. Therefore, graphics are used more often 
than text to explain a concept, present background information etc.  
There are two types of Graphics:  
o Bitmap images‐ Bitmap images are real images that can be captured from devices such as 
digital cameras or scanners. Generally bitmap images are not editable. Bitmap images 
require a large amount of memory.  
o Vector Graphics‐ Vector graphics are drawn on the computer and only require a small 
amount of memory. These graphics are editable.  
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• Audio‐ A multimedia application may require the use of speech, music and sound effects. These are 
called audio or sound element of multimedia speech is also a perfect way for teaching. Audio are of 
analog and digital types. Analog audio or sound refers to the original sound signal. Computer stores 
the sound in digital form. Therefore, the sound used in multimedia application is digital audio.  
• Video‐ The term video refers to the moving picture, accompanied by sound such as a picture in 
television. Video element of multimedia application gives a lot of information in small duration of 
time. Digital video is useful in multimedia application for showing real life objects. Video have 
highest performance demand on the computer memory and on the bandwidth if placed on the 
internet. Digital video files can be stored like any other files in the computer and the quality of the 
video can still be maintained. The digital video files can be transferred within a computer network. 
The digital video clips can be edited easily.  
• Animation‐ Animation is a process of making a static image look like it is moving. An animation is 
just a continuous series of still images that are displayed in a sequence. The animation can be used 
effectively for attracting attention. Animation also makes a presentation light and attractive.  

Multimedia presentations can be live or recorded:  

• A recorded presentation may allow interactivity via a navigation system;  
• A live multimedia presentation may allow interactivity via an interaction with the presenter or 
performer.  

                       
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QUE 2.    Multimedia Hardware- Windows and Macintosh platform and their difference

ANS:

Microsoft windows
It is a software operating system and graphical user interface that was developed by Microsoft.
Following its introduction in 1985, it became immensely popular among the personal computer
users. Its development had begun on two parallel routes. The development on one route was
intended for personal use while the other was for professional use. The versions aimed at personal
use featured greater multimedia support and lacked networking capabilities. The professional
versions of Windows offered greater networking and security features but lacked multimedia
support. Windows XP was a huge success and the relatively recent Windows Vista is nonetheless
popular.

Macintosh
Also known as Mac, Macintosh refers to a brand name that covers a series of personal computers
developed by Apple Inc. Apple produces Mac hardware and has its own operating system that
comes packaged with all the Macs. The Mac Operating System can be divided into two families of
operating systems. One is the ‘Classic’ Mac OS, which was shipped with Macs until the creation of
Mac OS 9. The second family is Mac OS X, which derives its features from Mac OS 9.

The operating system that is currently in use is known as Mac OS X, successor of Mac OS, which is
a line of graphical user interface-based operating systems Now that you have been introduced the
two operating systems, let us look at the differences between them.

  Microsoft   MACOS  

It was developed and is owned by Microsoft  It was developed and is owned by Apple Incorporation.  
Incorporation.  

It was launched in 1985.   It was launched in 2001.  

It is designed for PC of all companies.   It is specifically designed for Apple mac computers.  

Current stable version is Windows 10.   Current stable version is mac 10.15.1 (Catalina).  

It is for workstation, personal computers, media  Its target system type is workstation, personal computers 
center, tablets and embedded systems.   and embedded systems.  
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Computer architectures supported by Windows are  Computer  architectures  supported  are  x86‐

IA‐32, x86‐64, IA‐64, ARM, Alpha, MIPS and  64(10.4.7present),  IA‐32(10.4.4‐10.6.8)  and 
PowerPC.   PowerPC(10.010.5.8).  

File systems supported are NTFS, FAT, ISO 9660,  File systems supported are HFS+, APFS, HFS, UFS, AFP, 
UDF, HFS+, FATX and HFS.   ISO 9660, FAT, UDF, NFS, SMBFS, NTFS, FTP, WebDAV 
and ZFS.  

Difference between Windows and Macintosh

The Windows operating system is based on the DOS Programing language while Mac is based on
Unix. Windows is universally used while Macintosh is used only on Apple’s hardware. As Windows
is used by a majority of computer users, it is more vulnerable to being hacked. Macintosh is
considered as a more secure operating system. Windows is criticized for having less number of
features as compared to Mac. Moreover, it is less responsive to higher amounts of computing
operations. On the contrary, Macintosh boasts of a rich feature set and ease of use. While
Windows focuses on office function, Macintosh is focused on graphics and multimedia functions.
Mac is considered suitable for entertainment purposes, whereas Windows is best suited for
business use. Mac is popularly used for photo editing and for playing videos and music. Similar
functions that are executable on both Macintosh and Windows differ in their terminology. For
example, the function of the Control key in Windows corresponds to that of the Command key on
Macs. The Command prompt on Windows is known as the Terminal on Mac. The Windows control
panel corresponds to System Preferences on Mac. Macintosh and Windows differ in file navigation
and management, keyboard shortcuts and certain other computer operations. Also, window
controls, menu bars and mouse buttons differ in their functionality in both the operating systems.

 
 
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