multimedia n 1: transmission that combine media of communication (text and graphics and sound etc.) [syn: {multimedia}, {multimedia system}]
multimedia Human-computer interaction involving text, graphics, voice and video. Often also includes concepts from {hypertext}. This term has come to be almost synonymous with {CD-ROM} in the {personal computer} world because the large amounts of data involved are currently best supplied on CD-ROM. Usenet newsgroup: news:comp.multimedia. (1994-12-02)