Introduction

Multimedia is a computer-delivered electronic system that deals with different types of media like video, text, graphics, etc. It has made computers an excellent device for interaction and entertainment.
The different types of media in multimedia are text, audio, images, video, animation, etc.

Advantages and Disadvantages of multimedia

Advantages:
• It helps to share views, ideas, and information more effectively and attractively.
• It helps to make advertisement more attractive.
• It makes the presentation more interesting.
• It makes teaching-learning easier, attractive, and effective.

Disadvantages:
• It is expensive to produce.
• It needs well-trained human resources.
• Large files are time-consuming to transfer.
• The device used for multimedia can be damaged.

Multimedia Computer System
A multimedia computer system is a computer equipped with special hardware and software that makes multimedia possible.

The hardware components of the multimedia system are:
• Central Processing Unit (CPU)
• Hard disk
• Random Access Memory (RAM)
• High-resolution monitors
• Sound card and speakers
• Keyboards and pointing devices.

The software tool used in the multimedia computer are:
• Word Processor software
• Photo editing software
• Sound editing software
• Video editing software
• Animation software