COMPUTER NETWORKING

Detailed explanation-1: -In 1990s ‘multimedia’ took on its current meaning. Computers marketed in 1990s were referred to as “MULTIMEDIA COMPUTERS” because they contained a CD-ROM drive. The word Multimedia is awarded the title “the word of the year” in 1996.

Detailed explanation-2: -Terminology. The term multimedia was coined by singer and artist Bob Goldstein (later ‘Bobb Goldsteinn’) to promote the July 1966 opening of his “Lightworks at L’Oursin” show in Southampton, New York, Long Island.