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Article: Hypermedia: a progress report part 3: CD-ROM, CD-I, DVI, etc. (compact disc read-only memory; compact disc-interactive; digital video interactive)
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- T H E Journal (Technological Horizons In Education)
- Article date:
- October 1, 1990
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Hypermedia: A Progress Report Part 3: CD-ROM, CD-I, DVI, Etc.
In this final installment of our three-part series on hypermdia we look at the newest and most promising technologies to be applied to the task of bringing affordable hypermedia to the desktop -- all of wich are based upon the digitally encoded, optically read compact disc (CD). Examining hardware systems and software products should help to clear the industry's murky waters and provide a better picture of what is emerging from the depths of R&D departments around the world.
Describing the fundamentals of CD technologies will help to explain how they can be used as platforms for hypermedia. The ...