What is an interactive combination of text, graphics, video, audio and images termed as ?
- A.JPEG
- B.Multimedia
- C.AVA
- D.PNG
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, Multimedia. Multimedia means using several forms of media, such as text, graphics, audio, video, images and animation, together, often in a way the user can interact with.
The word joins multi, many, with media, the forms in which information is presented. When the user can control what is shown, by clicking, choosing or navigating, it is called interactive multimedia; educational software, video games, websites, digital encyclopaedias and kiosks are common examples. Building such content needs hardware like sound cards and graphics cards and software for editing images, sound and video.
Option A is wrong, because JPEG is only a compressed file format for photographs, named after the Joint Photographic Experts Group. Option C is wrong, because AVA is not the standard term for such a combination of media. Option D is wrong, because PNG, Portable Network Graphics, is a lossless image format that supports transparency, again a single type of file rather than a combination of media.
Exam tip: JPEG and PNG are image formats; MP3 is audio; MP4 is video; together they make multimedia.
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