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Article #957Re: Multimedia, Hypermedia, Hypertext?
From: Les Carr
Date: Thu, 07 Feb 1991 15:18
Date: Thu, 07 Feb 1991 15:18
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In <1991Feb04.124036.340@abblund.se> nick@abblund.se writes: >Our group is looking into multimedia, but we have found no good >definition of what multimedia really is. Also the terms "hypermedia" >and "hypertext" perhaps need defining properly. As a Computer Science PhD student studying hypertext, I've ended up with the following (rather cynical) definitions from observing "the literature". Hypertext: a CS research assistant publishes a paper containing the words "See Section 4" Multimedia: a CS research assistant publishes a paper with colour photos HyperMedia a CS research assistant publishes a paper containing the words "See photo 4" -- L.Carr@ecs.soton.ac.uk Les Carr Tel: +44 703 593649 Dept of Electronics and Computer Science Fax: +44 703 593045 University of Southampton SO9 5NH England
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!tmsoft!torsqnt!lethe!yunexus!ists!helios.physics.utoronto.ca!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!uunet!mcsun!ukc!icdoc!sot-ecs!lac From: lac@ecs.soton.ac.uk (Les Carr) Newsgroups: comp.multimedia Subject: Re: Multimedia, Hypermedia, Hypertext? Message-ID: <6592@ecs.soton.ac.uk> Date: 7 Feb 91 15:18:08 GMT References: <1991Feb04.124036.340@abblund.se> Organization: University of Southampton, UK Lines: 19