a2zinterviews

1.	What is multimedia?
	Multimedia is a technique that incorporates text, graphics, sound, animations and video elements.

2.	What are the types of video compressions available?
	There are two types of video compressions. They are: Lossless compression: Retains the exact image throughout the compression. Lossy compression: Provides a comparatively higher ratio of compression but results in some loss of quality.

3.	What is interactive multimedia?
	Multimedia applications that allow users to actively participate instead of just sitting by as passive recipients of information are called interactive multimedia.

4.	Mention the major uses of Multimedia?
	Multimedia is heavily used in the entertainment industry, especially to develop special effects in moves and animation for cartoon characters. Multimedia games are a popular pastime and these are software programs available either as CD ROMs or online. Some video games also use multimedia features.