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Welcome!

Welcome to the Multimedia Networking Information Center, your one stop shop for everything you need to know about the ever growing subject concerning the transmission of continuous and streaming media over global and local networks.

Unlike some sites the Information Center is not concerned with product specifics as much as it is with the theory and ideas behind the products. Hopefully visitors to this site will be able to gain a sound introduction to the wealth information that exists on the subject.

 

Why Multimedia?

So why all the fuss? What makes multimedia so popular in the modern world and why exactly do we want to transmit it over our networks? The answer stems from the wide range of multimedia. The very word implies multiple ways of conveying information and since the world today is all about information, we can see how studying new methods to acomplish this might prove useful.

The key of multimedia is that having multiple methods of conveyance targets a typical human trait that the more ways in which you look at something the clearer our understanding of it becomes. Also multimedia is much more exciting and interesting to humans as it stimulates multiple senses making it a key tool in areas from entertainment to education. Read More ...

 

Where to Start

The 'Categories' section shows you the more specific areas of multimedia networking while the Why Multimedia? section (top right) and its adjoining page give more introduction to the advantages of Multimedia Networking

 

Links

If what you have seen so far is not exactly what you are looking for or if you just wish to look further afield than what is presented in these pages please vist the Links section of the left hand menu for useful pages on the subject.