multimedia is mixture of different media.we see it around us all the time.writing an illustrated story uses text and images,cartoons use animation and sound,talking with your hand uses language and movement.multimedia in a computer context has come to mean mixing more than two media. this can be seen in other creative settings. a theatre prouion uses language and movement and props and scenery and lighting television uses sound and flim which in itself is action and sound. multimedia on computers is the combination of text,images,sound,animation and video.the word combination is important becausemultimedia can create an integrated form where no one individual medium has supremacy.the text neet not simply be accompanied by pictures and sound,as each medium can add to the whole understanding and effect of the multimedia experience .