multimedia

Multimedia refers to the use of several different media to express ideas, often combining elements like sound, video, and text. This technique is employed in various fields, including communication, entertainment, and art.1

Interactive media, a form of multimedia, allows users to control and combine different media types such as text, sound, and video through computer systems. These systems integrate technologies like computers, memory storage, and digital data, enabling user participation rather than passive observation. While the concept has roots in mid-20th-century technology like flight simulators, the term gained popularity in the early 1990s with the advent of PCs featuring optical drives and digital sound.2