Description With ongoing work incomputing and communications driving new multimedia applications,designers and developers need convenient access to the latest ideasand experiences. Carefully edited by John F. Koegel Buford,Multimedia Systems brings such information together I one place andprovides a coherent framework for understanding this rapidlychanging field. It presen Description With ongoing work incomputing and communications driving new multimedia applications,designers and developers need convenient access to the latest ideasand experiences. Carefully edited by John F. Koegel Buford,Multimedia Systems brings such information together I one place andprovides a coherent framework for understanding this rapidlychanging field. It presents a technical introduction to key issuesin the design and development of multimedia systems, includingdetailed discussion of new technologies, current research andpractice, and future directions. For Sale in Indiansubcontinent only Provides a single source for basic information on digital media and fundamental multimedia concepts Reviews issues affecting the development of global multimedia information and communication systems Survey current research and practice, as well as future directions in multimedia systems Provides an integrated treatment of multimedia technologies and their use in a variety of computing applications Uses of Multimedia Information The Convergence of Computers, Communications, and Entertainment Products Architectures and Issues for Distributed Multimedia Systems MEDIA AND TIME Digital Audio Representation and Processing Video Technology Digital Video and Image Compression Time-Based Media Representation and Deliver MULTIMEDIA INFORMATION SYSTEMS Operating System Support for Continuous Media Applications Middleware System Services Architecture Multimedia Devices, Presentation Services, and the User Interface Multimedia File Systems and Information Models Multimedia Presentation and Authoring MULTIMEDIA COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS Multimedia Services over the Public Network; Requirements, Architectures, and Protocols Multimedia Interchange Multimedia Conferencing Multimedia Groupware: Computer and Video Fusion Approach to Open Shared Workspace FUTURE DIRECTIONS High Definition Television and Desktop Computing Knowledge-Based Multimedia Systems John F. Koegel Buford is Directo