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  2. Multimedia - Wikipedia

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    Multimedia. Multimedia is a form of communication that uses a combination of different content forms, such as writing, audio, images, animations, or video, into a single interactive presentation, in contrast to traditional mass media, such as printed material or audio recordings, which feature little to no interaction between users.

  3. Video file format - Wikipedia

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    Video file format. A video file format is a type of file format for storing digital video data on a computer system. Video is almost always stored using lossy compression to reduce the file size. A video file normally consists of a container (e.g. in the Matroska format) containing visual (video without audio) data in a video coding format (e.g ...

  4. File format - Wikipedia

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    File format. wav-file: 2.1 megabytes. ogg-file: 154 kilobytes. A file format is a standard way that information is encoded for storage in a computer file. It specifies how bits are used to encode information in a digital storage medium. File formats may be either proprietary or free .

  5. Digital media - Wikipedia

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    Digital is defined as any data represented by a series of digits, and media refers to methods of broadcasting or communicating this information. Together, digital media refers to mediums of digitized information broadcast through a screen and/or a speaker. [1]

  6. Media type - Wikipedia

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    Media type. A media type (formerly known as a MIME type) [1] is a two-part identifier for file formats and format contents transmitted on the Internet. Their purpose is somewhat similar to file extensions in that they identify the intended data format. The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) is the official authority for the ...

  7. Audio Video Interleave - Wikipedia

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    Audio Video Interleave (also Audio Video Interleaved and known by its initials and filename extension AVI, usually pronounced / ˌeɪ.viːˈaɪ / [3]) is a proprietary multimedia container format and Windows standard [4] introduced by Microsoft in November 1992 as part of its Video for Windows software. AVI files can contain both audio and ...

  8. Container format - Wikipedia

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    Container format. A container format (informally, sometimes called a wrapper) or metafile is a file format that allows multiple data streams to be embedded into a single file, usually along with metadata for identifying and further detailing those streams. [1] Notable examples of container formats include archive files (such as the ZIP format ...

  9. Digital content - Wikipedia

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    Digital content is any content that exists in the form of digital data. Digital content is stored on digital media or analog storage in specific formats. Forms of digital content include information that is digitally broadcast, streamed, or contained in computer files. Viewed narrowly, digital content includes popular media types, while a ...