Multimedia-It is a new aspect of literacy which is being recognized as technology expands the manner people communicate. The principle of literacy increasingly, is a measure of the capability to write and read. In the modern context, the term means writing and reading at a level adequate for written communication. A more basic meaning is now required to cope along with the numerous media in utilization, perhaps meaning a level which enables one to function successfully at a specific status in society. Multimedia is the utilization of some dissimilar media to convey information. Some different media are previously a part of the canon of global communication and publication: as video, text, graphics, audio, animation, and interactivity. The others, as virtual actuality, computer programming and robotics are probable candidates for future inclusion. Along with the widespread utilization of computers, the fundamental literacy of reading' and 'writing' are frequently finished via a computer, giving a foundation stone for more advanced levels of multimedia literacy.

Multimedia is the employ of several media (for example: text, graphics, audio, animation and video to convey information. Multimedia also considers to the utilization of computer technology to make, store, and experience multimedia content.

In this section, we will learn about the fundamentals of multimedia and its applications consisting graphics, audio and video etc. We will also see some fundamental multimedia authoring tools.