Multimedia Computer Technology Basics and Applications (Second Edition)

Author: Zhong Yuzhuo
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Publish Date: 1999-06-01
Features: This book is a national-level planning teaching material for the 15th Five-Year Plan of general higher education, and it is also one of the "21st Century Curriculum Textbooks." From the perspectives of design, development, and application, the principles and applications of multimedia computer technology are discussed in three parts:
Part 1 is an overview, mainly covering the definition, classification, current status, and development trends of multimedia computers.
The second part focuses on the fundamental theoretical knowledge of multimedia computers, mainly discussing multimedia data acquisition, processing, compression and coding, as well as the hardware and software system structures of multimedia computers.
The third part is multimedia computer applications, mainly covering multimedia databases and content-based retrieval, multimedia authoring tools and synchronization technology, video conferencing systems and video-on-demand technology, etc.
This book won the Second Prize of the Ministry of Education's Outstanding Teaching Material Award in 2002 and was recognized as a high-quality teaching material for higher education in Beijing in 2003. It can be used as a teaching material for multimedia computer courses in general higher education institutions and is also suitable for personnel engaged in the research, development, and application of multimedia computers for learning and reference.