HISTORY OF MULTIMEDIA

The term multimedia was first known in the theater world, which demonstrates performance using movement, music, and videos to add to the dramatization of a story. Now known as multimedia guides from the image or images, graphics, text, voice, TV, and animation so that it becomes a masterpiece that can be enjoyed in audio visual. Generally, people are also known as the system of multimedia personal computers (PCs) are growing rapidly today. Progress in teaching, practice, creation of manufacturing, the economy is in decent system used for sales promotion activities.
According to Robert Webking, multimedia "etymology" be interpreted as, "multi" (many) "medium" (prantara media). In the field of multi-media information has the meaning of "media partnership" between the source and the inclusion of information or "fellowship tool" by which information is stored, transmitted, presented and accepted.
B. DEFINITION MULTIMEDIA Etymologically
The term multimedia emerged through the media at the beginning of 1990. This term is used to combine digital and analog technologies in the field of entertainment, publishing, communications, marketing, advertising, and commerce. Multimedia is the combination of two words "multi" and "media". Multi mean "a lot" while the media or plural means medium.
Given the many limitations of the media. The word comes from the Latin media and is the plural form of the word which literally means medium intermediaries or introduction. Sadiman (2007:6) argues that the media is the medium or the introductory message from the sender to the receiver. While the Association of Educational Communications and Technology (Association of Education and Communication Technology / AECT) in America in Sadiman (2007:6), restricting the media as one of the forms and channels that people use to distribute messages / information.
Heinich, et al in Arsyad (2009:4) suggests medium term as an intermediary that transmits information between the source and the receiver. Medium is the entity through which something. Examples of artistic mediums (painting, sculpture) is a vehicle to convey the meaning of the idea. Other example is the "mass media" ie, channels of communication and information.
Multimedia can be defined as the use of several different media to combine and deliver information dala form of text, audio, graphics, animation, and video.
C. DEFINITION MULTIMEDIA BY EXPERTS
1. Multimedia in general is a combination of three elements, namely sound, image and text (Mc Cormick, 1996)
2. Multimedia is a combination of at least two media input or output of data, this can be an audio media (voice, music), animation, video, text, graphics, and images (Turban et al, 2002)
3. Multimedia is a tool that can create a dynamic performance intraktif that combines text and graphics, animation, audio and video images (Robin and Linda, 2001)
4. Multimedia is the use of computers to create and combine text, graphics, audio, moving images (video and animation) by combining links and tools that allow users to navigate, berintraksi, creativity and communicating (Hofstetter, 2001)
5. Dictionary of Information Technology and essays Dudy Misky (2005:180) defines multimedia as a PC, the system documents, etc. that combines text, graphics, sound, movies or other media.
6. The combination of computer and video (Rosch, 1996)
7. Multimedia is the use of several different media to Convey information (text, audio, graphics, animation, video, and interactivity). Multimedia also refers to computer data storage devices, especially those used to store multimediantent (wikipedia.org).
8. Multimedia (as an adjective) is an electronic media for storing and displaying multimedia data (Zeembry, 2008)

D.DEFINISI MULTIMEDIA BY ICT
Multimedia is the use of a computer to present and combine text, sound, images, animation and video with tools (tools) and a connection (link) so that the user can navigate, interact, create and communicate. Multimedia is often used in the entertainment world. Apart from the world of entertainment, Multimedia also adopted by the gaming world.

C. MAIN COMPONENTS MULTIMEDIA
The four main components of multimedia:
1. Computers, for coordination of what is seen and heard by the user
2. Links, which connect with the information
3. Navigational tools, allowing users to explore the information displayed
4. Way, to share, process, and communicate information and ideas users
D. CHARACTERISTICS OF MULTIMEDIA

Multimedia also have characteristics, that there are two forms:
1. Linear Form: A Multimedia structure where users navigate in the order of 1 frame or byte of information into the fabric.
2. Form of non-linear: Structure Multimedia where users freely bernafigasi not limited by the route specified.
From these characteristics include such as:
1. Multimedia presentations can include linear and non-linear or interactive or passive.
2. Multimedia can contain structured relationship called Hypermedia.
3. Multimedia expands, making the title Multimedia Authoring tool.
4. Multimedia project when published called Multimedia Titles.
There are several terms that are often used in Multimedia, namely:
1. The Interactive Multimedia Multimedia USER end-user can control what and in what order shipped multimedia elements.
2. Multimedia Programmer is the integrating element of the overall shape of the hakus using a sisstem Authoring / programming language.
3. Multimedia projects are a means of messaging software and content that can be presented on a computer screen or television. Or also can be called Multimedia-making process.