An encylopedia would simply be a learning tool that covers a wide range of subjects and life endeavours. A multi-media Encyclopedia would however be, first, run on a e-system (unlike the former which could be just print. Then ir would include video, music, photos and the like. In some cases, readers are allowed to contribute to ensure that data is updated. However, these changes are only uploaded after approval by an editorial board.
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Multimedia Encyclopedia
Multimedia is based on two key concepts; integration and interactivity while hypermedia is based on a relational database organisation
differentiate between interactive and non-interactive multimedia
Encyclopedia, multimedia, Expedia (travel website), Metromedia, macromedia, telemedia,
Microsoft Encarta was a digital multimedia encyclopedia published by Microsoft Corporation from 1993.
Since Multimedia technology and multimedia system are complementary part of each other ,so the difference between them is not so crucial. But one can pinpoint following differences: 1. Multimedia technology is computer based interactive applications having multiple media elements such as audio,video,text,image etc whereas multimedia system is the system that processes multimedia data and applications. 2. Multimedia system implements multimedia technologies and in turn it is used for enhancing multimedia technology whereas multimedia technology manages both the hardware and software to create and run multimedia system
On Wikipedia, anyone can give you an answer. It can aslo be biased information. Encylopedias are actual info given by scientist and infonologists. So the answer you get on Wikipedia could not be true.
Passive media does not require significant user activity or commands. Interactive multimedia in comparison is based on user control and manipulation. Interactive media includes gaming applications, where passive media can include the playback of audio files.
An Atlas is a book of maps and an encyclopedia is a book with multiple topics.
Multimedia is content that uses a combination of different content forms such as text, audio, images, animations, 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
According to the Wikipedia Encyclopedia, the term encarta was coined by executives at Microsoft in the 1990s. See the full article at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encarta.