According to Vaughan, multimedia is the integration of five primary elements delivered by computer or other electronic means: The fundamental medium for conveying information.

: Used widely in business (presentations, training), schools (elearning), homes (games, reference), and public places (kiosks). 2. The Five Multimedia Building Blocks : Focus on fonts, typefaces, and hypermedia structures.

: Creating the illusion of movement through computer-generated sequences to explain complex ideas or engage viewers.

The principles remain — storage, memory, I/O — but scale has exploded.