COM 4470 QUIZ 1 CHAPTER 1

Where to Use Multimedia

- *Business* (ex: presentations, training, marketing/advertising, networked communications such as video conferencing, utilizing WiFi, etc.) - As companies/businesses catch on to multimedia, the cost of installing multimedia capability decreases, meaning that more applications can be developed both in-house and by third parties, allowing businesses to run more smoothly & effectively (advertising the public image of the business as an investor in technology) - *Schools* (ex: E-learning and educational software to enrich the learning processes; Interactive TV to join students from different locations into one class with one teacher & students creating original art using software tools for projects like magazines and websites) - *Home* (ex: TVs, computers, *convergence* with Wii and TV, etc.) - Public places (ex: hotels, airports, etc. have terminals or kiosks that provide info to customers; museums have displays, screens, etc.) - *Virtual reality* (interactive multimedia to its full extent; "inside" a lifelike experience; VRML documents for transmitting VR on the WWW)

Multimedia

- Any combination of text, art, sound, animation, and video delivered to you by computer or other electronic/digitally manipulated means - A woven combination of digitally manipulated text, photographs, graphic art, sound, animation, and video elements - Can weave different elements together for maximum effect - Tools for creating/editing _____________ include text & *fonts*, making/editing colorful graphic images and animate them into movies, and how to record/edit digital sound

Browser

- Can install plug-ins into a ___________ application such as *Microsoft Internet Explorer, Apple Safari, Google Chrone, or Mozilla Firefox* to view/play rich media files created in such programs as Adobe's Flash or Apple's QuickTime - Definition: ______________(s) are software programs or tools for viewing content on the Web

CD-ROM (Compact disc ready-only memory)

- Definition: Discs that can be mass-produced for pennies and can contain up to 80 minutes of full-screen video, images, or sound - Can contain unique mixes of images, sound, text, video, and animations controlled by an authoring system to provide unlimited user interaction - Discs can be stamped out of polycarbonate plastic as fast as cookies on a baker's production line and just as cheaply - Almost all personal computers sold today include at least a _________________ reader/burner, and the software that drives these computers is commonly delivered on disc

Burners

- Disc ________________ are used for reading discs and for making them, too, in audio, video, and data formats - DVD and Blu-Ray authoring and integration software allows the creation of interactive front-end menus for both films and games; however, with time and new technology, they will be easily replaced by new devices such as flash drives and thumb drives that don't require moving parts

Multimedia title

- If the project is to be shipped or sold to consumers or end users, typically delivered as a download on the Internet but also on a CD-ROM or DVD in a box or sleeve, with or without instructions, it is a ____________________________ - The project may also be a page or site on the World Wide Web, where you can weave the elements of multimedia into documents with: *hypertext markup language (html), dynamic html (dhtml), or extensible markup language (xml)*, and play rich media files in such programs as Adobe's Flash or Apple's QuickTime by installing plug-ins into a *browser*

DVD (Digital Versatile Disc)

- Multilayered ___________ technology increases the capacity and multimedia capability of CDs to 4.7GB on a single-sided, single-layered disc to as much as 17.08GB of storage on a double-sided double-layered disc - Blu Ray now has 500 GB

Authoring tools

- Multimedia elements are typically sewn together into a project using ________________________ - These software tools are designed to manage individual multimedia elements and provide user interaction - In addition to providing a method for users to interact with the project, these tools also offer facilities for creating and editing text, images, and controls for playing back separate audio and video files that have been created with editing tools designed for these media

Bandwidth

- Multimedia requires large amounts of digital memory when stored in an end user's library, or large amounts of _______________ when distributed over wires, glass fiber, or airwaves on a network - The greater the _______________, the bigger the pipeline, so more content can be delivered to end users quickly

Graphical user interface (GUI)

- The sum of what gets played back and how it is presented to the viewer on a monitor is the ________________________________ - It is more than just the actual graphics on the screen; it also provides the rules or structure for the user's input

Web-based pages and documents

A browser is used to review: a) program code b) storyboards c) fonts d) web-based pages and documents e) videodiscs

Linear

A multimedia project can be __________, or starting at the beginning and running through to the end - Example: Users can sit back and watch it run through (movie or the TV) OR PowerPoint presentation

Website

A multimedia project that requires creative skill and high technology; also need business talent because of ownership and copyright elements used (need permission)

A multimedia title

A project that is shipped or sold to consumers or end users, typically in a box or sleeve or on the Internet, with or without instructions, is: a) a CD-ROM b) an authoring tool c) a multimedia project d) multimedia title

60%

According to one source, in interactive multimedia presentations where you are really involved, the retention rate is a high as: a) 20% b) 40% c) 80% d) 60% e) 100%

Cloud

As high-speed connections become more and more pervasive and users become better connected, copper wire, glass fiber, and radio/cellular technologies may prevail as the most common delivery means for interactive multimedia files, served from the __________ across the broadband Internet or from dedicated computer farms and storage facilities

Dynamic HTML

DHTML - Definition: A collection of software technologies including HTML, JavaScript, and CSS - A *multimedia title* may also be a page or site on the WWW, where you can weave the elements of the multimedia into documents with this type of coding

Digital Versatile Disc

DVD stands for: a) Digital Versatile Disc b) Digital Video Disc c) Duplicated Virtual Disc d) Density-Variable Disc e) Double-View Disc

Scripting/Storyboarding

Determine how a user will interact with and navigate through the *content* of a project requires great attention to the message, the ___________ or __________________, the artwork, and the programming - You can break an entire project with a badly designed interface - You can also loose the message in a project with inadequate or inaccurate content

Display family trees

Genealogy software is used for: a) Study benthic sediments b) Organize class reunions c) Display family trees d) Compute shortest routes for ambulances e) Open e-mail

Hypertext Markup Language

HTML - A *multimedia title* project may also be a page or site on the WWW, where you can weave the elements of the multimedia into documents with this type of coding

Multimedia elements

Includes text, graphics, animation, sound, and video

Successful Development of a Multimedia Project

Includes: - Management of digital tools and skill sets - Teamwork - General project management - Documenting and archiving the process - Delivering the completed product on time and within budget

Local Area Network (LAN)

LAN stands for: a) logical access node b) link/asset navigator c) local area network d) list authoring number e) low-angle noise

Distributed resources

Telecommunications networks are global, so when information providers and content owners determine the worth of their products and how to charge money for them, information elements link up online as ___________________________ in a data cloud, where you *pay to acquire and use multimedia-based information and services*

Read-only memory

The "ROM" in "CD-ROM" stands for: a) random-order memory b) real-object memory c) read-only memory d) raster-output memory e) red-orange memory

End user

The *viewer* of a multimedia project

Scriabin

The 19th century Russian composer who used an orchestra, a piano, a chorus, and a special color organ to synthesize music and color in his Fifth Symphony, Prometheus was... a) Rachmaninoff b) Tchaikovsky c) Scriabin d) Rinsky-Korsakov e) Shostakovich

Platform/environment

The combination of hardware and software that governs the limits of what can happen in the graphical user interface (GUI) is the multimedia ________________ or _____________________

Railroads and pipeline companies

The glass fiber cables that make up much of the physical backbone of the data highway are, in many cases, owned by: a) local governments b) Howard Johnson c) television networks d) railroads and pipeline companies e) book publishers

Multimedia developers

The people who weave multimedia into meaningful tapestries

Multimedia project

The software vehicle, messages, and content presented on a computer, TV screen, mobile/smartphone, etc. together constitute a ______________________________

A multimedia project

The software vehicle, the messages, and the content presented on a computer or television screen together make up: a) a multimedia project b) a CD-ROM c) a web site d) a multimedia title e) an authoring tool

Convergence

There is increasing ________________, or melding of computer-based multimedia with entertainment and games-based media traditionally described as "shoot-em-up"

Integrated mutimedia

This type of multimedia is the "weaving" part of the multimedia definition, where source documents such as montages, graphics, video cuts, and sound merge into a final presentation

Interactive multimedia

This type of multimedia is when the end user (viewer) is allowed to control what/when the elements are delivered

Nonlinear

When users are given navigational control and can wander through the content at will, multimedia becomes ___________ and user interactive, and is a powerful personal gateway to information - Example: Website

Hypermedia

When you provide a structure of linked elements through which the user can navigate, interactive media becomes _____________________

Blackberry

Which is not dedicated game-playing hardware: a) Wii b) Xbox c) Blackberry d) PlayStation e) None of the above

Adobe Flash

Which of the following is displayable on a web page after installation of a browser plug-in? a) Windows 8 b) Adobe Flash c) Mozilla d) Internet Explorer

Floppy disk

Which of the following is not a technology likely to prevail as a delivery means for interactive multimedia files? a) copper wire b) glass fiber c) radio/cellular d) floppy disk e) DVD

Odors

Which one of the following is not/are not typically part of a multimedia specification? a) text b) odors c) sound d) video e) pictures

Extensible Markup Language

XML - A *multimedia title* may also be a page or site on the WWW, where you can weave the elements of the multimedia into documents with this type of coding