Multimedia technology has greatly changed people's traditional way of obtaining information, which accords with people's reading way in the information age. The development of multimedia technology has changed the application field of computers.
Computers have changed from special products in offices and laboratories to common tools in the information society, and are widely used in industrial production management, school education, public information consultation, commercial advertisements, military command and training, and even family life and entertainment.
Media has two meanings: first, it refers to the carrier of information, such as language, text, image, video, audio and so on; Secondly, it refers to the carriers that store information, such as ROM, RAM, magnetic tape, magnetic disk, optical disk, etc. The main carriers are CD-ROM, VCD and web pages. Multimedia is developing and progressing rapidly.
The significance of the application of multimedia technology;
Computers can handle the most direct and universal information in human life, thus greatly expanding the application fields and functions of computers. Make the human-computer interaction interface and means of the computer system more friendly and convenient, and non-professionals can also use and operate the computer conveniently.
Multimedia technology closely combines audio-visual technology, computer technology and communication technology, laying a new cornerstone for the development of information processing technology.
The development of multimedia technology has a history of many years. The basic technology of sound, video and image compression has gradually matured, and the products have entered the market. Popular technologies such as pattern recognition, MPEG compression technology and virtual reality technology have gradually matured, and I believe they will enter the market soon.