Introduction to Technology

Chapter 13: Multimedia Technologies

Chapter Summaries

Section 13.1
Multimedia technologies use more than one medium in order to communicate. Audio devices include radios, CDs, and MP3 players. Video devices include TVs, VCRs, and DVD players. TV images consist of tiny dots of light called “pixels.” Animation creates the illusion of movement with a series of slightly different drawings or models.

Section 13.2
Pre-production, production, and post-production are all part of making feature films, TV programs, videos, and video games. The most important post-production task is editing, the cutting and arranging of material. The World Wide Web is one part of the Internet. The code language used for the Web is called HTML. Each page has its own URL, or Web address.

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