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  2. Multimedia computer - Wikipedia

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    Multimedia computer. A multimedia computer is a computer that is optimized for multimedia performance. Early home computers lacked the power and storage necessary for true multimedia. The games for these systems, along with the demo scene were able to achieve high sophistication and technical polish using only simple, blocky graphics and ...

  3. Multimedia PC - Wikipedia

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    The Multimedia PC ( MPC) was a recommended configuration for a personal computer (PC) with a CD-ROM drive. The standard was set and named by the Multimedia PC Marketing Council, which was a working group of the Software Publishers Association (SPA, now the Software and Information Industry Association ). The MPMC comprised companies including ...

  4. PDP-8 - Wikipedia

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    An open PDP-8/E with its logic modules behind the front panel and one dual TU56 DECtape drive at the top. A "Straight-8" running at the Stuttgart Computer Museum. The earliest PDP-8 model, informally known as a "Straight-8", was introduced on 22 March 1965 priced at $18,500 [2] (equivalent to about $178,900 in 2023 [3] ).

  5. 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.

  6. HDMI - Wikipedia

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    High-Definition Multimedia Interface ( HDMI) is a proprietary audio/video interface for transmitting uncompressed video data and compressed or uncompressed digital audio data from an HDMI-compliant source device, such as a display controller, to a compatible computer monitor, video projector, digital television, or digital audio device. [3]

  7. Diamond Multimedia - Wikipedia

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    Diamond Multimedia is an American company that specializes in many forms of multimedia technology. They have produced graphics cards , motherboards , modems , sound cards and MP3 players ; however, the company began with the production of the TrackStar, a PC add-on card which emulated Apple II computers.

  8. Central processing unit - Wikipedia

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    However, as multimedia has largely shifted to digital media, the need for some form of SIMD in general-purpose processors has become significant. Shortly after inclusion of floating-point units started to become commonplace in general-purpose processors, specifications for and implementations of SIMD execution units also began to appear for ...

  9. ACM Multimedia - Wikipedia

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    ACM Multimedia ( ACM-MM) is the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)'s annual conference on multimedia, sponsored by the SIGMM special interest group on multimedia in the ACM. SIGMM specializes in the field of multimedia computing, from underlying technologies to applications, theory to practice, and servers to networks to devices.