What is Multimedia and its application?

Multimedia is the field concerned with the computer-controlled integration of

text, graphics, drawings, still and moving images (Video), animation, audio, and
any other media where every type of information can be represented, stored,
transmitted and processed digitally. Hypermedia can be considered as one of the
multimedia applications.
Application of multimedia: -
1. Multimedia presentation: Multimedia presentation can be used to better
explain a subject matter to the students because it enhances the
comprehension capability of students.
2. Entertainment: Multimedia technology is used by entertainment industry as in
games, films, cartoons, animation, sound effects etc.
3. Software: Multimedia is used for training purpose or guide. So users can
operate software without help of trainers.
4. Business communication: Multimedia is very powerful tool for enhancing the
quality of business communication.
5. Multimedia web pages: Multimedia feature in web pages make more attractive,
user friendly.
Explain the concept of Storage Area Network (SAN) and Network Attached
Storage(NAS)?
A storage area network (SAN) is a secure high-speed data transfer network that
provides access to consolidated block-level storage. An SAN makes a network of
storage devices accessible to multiple servers. SAN devices appear to servers as
attached drives, eliminating traditional network bottlenecks
A network-attached storage (NAS) device is a server that is dedicated to nothing
more than file sharing. Network-attached storage does not provide any of the
activities that a server in a server-centric system typically provides, such as
email, authentication or file management.
Explain Different Types of families and faces of fonts?
A font faces or font family is the typeface that will be applied by a web browser
to some text. The font is relevant for the display of text on the screen, on a
printer or another device. Font faces can be divided into two main categories:
serif and sans serif
Serif: Serif or Roman, typefaces are named for the features at the ends of their
strokes. Times New Roman and Garamond are common Examples of Serif Typefaces.
Sans-Serif Sans serif designs appeared relatively recently in the history of type
design. The evolution of the sans serif font very likely stemmed from the slab
serif font. Glyphs is sans-serif fonts, as the term is used in CSS, have stroke
endings that are plain, without any flaring, cross stroke, or other
ornamentation.
Fonts: A computer font is an electronic data file containing a set of glyphs,
characters, or symbols such as dingbats.

What is sound and how is it digitized?

Sound is a wave phenomenon like light, but is macroscopic and involves molecules
of air being compressed and expanded under the action of some physical device.
Digitization means conversion to a stream of numbers, and preferably these
numbers should be integers for efficiency. To digitize, the signal must be
sampled in each dimension: in time and in amplitude.
Explain different Audio File Formats?
An audio file format is a file format for storing audio data on a computer
system. It can be a raw bit stream, but it is usually a container format or an
audio data format with defined storage layer.
Types of formats
There are three major groups of file formats
1. Uncompressed audio formats, such as WAV, AIFF, AU or raw header less PCM;
2. Formats with lossless compression such as FLAC, Monkeys Audio (File
Extension APE), WavPack, Toms Lossless Audio, Windows Media Audio Lossless
(WMA Lossless) etc.
3. Formats with lossy compression, such as Mp3, Vorbis, AAC and lossy Windows
Media Audio (WMA).
What is Image processing?
Image processing is a physical process used to convert and image signal into a
physical image. The image can either be digital or analog. The actual output
itself can be an actual physical image or the characteristics of an image. The
Most common type of image processing is photography. In this process, an image is
captured using a camera to create a digital or analog image. In order to produce
a physical picture, the image is processed using the appropriate technology based
on the input source type.
Explain the use Image editing software?
Listed below are some of the most used capabilities of the Image editing
software.
Selection: once of the prerequisites for many of the applications mentioned below
is a method of selecting part(s) of an image, thus applying a change selectively
without affecting the entire image.
Layers: Layers are analogous to sheets of transparent acetate, stacked on top of
each other, each capable of being individually positioned, altered and blended
with the layers below, without affecting any of the elements on the other layers.
Image Size Alteration: Image editors can resize image in a process often called
image scaling, making them larger or smaller.
Cropping an Image: Digital Editors are used to crop images. Cropping create a
new image by selecting a desired rectangular portion from the image being
cropped. The unwanted part of the image is discarded.