Vositahoi multimedia. Mafhumi «multimedia» az kalimai lotinii media – muhit (barandai informatsiya) girifta shudaast. Multimedia imkoniyati
bo informatsiyai tabiati gunogundoshta kor kardanro faroham meovarad. Agar vositahoi muqarrarii kompyuter, tanho bo informatsiyai adadi imkoniyati kor kardanro faroham meovarda boshand, on goh multimedia, pesh az hama, imkoniyati bo informatsiyai sadoi va tasviri (audio– va videoinformatsiya) kor kardanro faroham meovarand.
Hamin tariq, multime–diai kompyuterho imkoniyat medihand, ki:
musiqi, sukhan va digar informatsiyai ovoziyu sadoi aynan hosil karda shavand;
videorolikho, filmhoi animatsioni va digar videoinformatsiya sokhta va namoish doda shavand.
Baroi multimedia–kompyuterho multimediaprogrammaho sokhta shudaand, ki onho vositahoi ovozi va animatsionii kompyuterro istifoda va idora menamoyand. Multimedia–programmaho dar kompakt–diskho nigoh doshta meshavand. Baroi hosil namudani ovoz kompyuter boyad bo sistemahoi akustiki (kolonkaho) yo gushdoraki radioi mujahhaz gardonida shuda boshad.