Multimedia is content that uses a combination of different content
forms such as text, audio, images, animation, video
and interactive content. Multimedia contrasts with media that use only
rudimentary computer displays such as text-only or traditional forms of
printed or hand-produced material.
Multimedia can be recorded and played, displayed,
dynamic, interacted with or accessed by information content processing
devices, such as computerized and electronic devices, but can also be
part of a live performance. Multimedia devices are electronic
media devices used to store and experience multimedia content.
Multimedia is distinguished from mixed media in fine art; by including
audio, for example, it has a broader scope. The term "rich media" is
synonymous for interactive multimedia. Hypermedia scales up the amount
of media content in multimedia application