What is Multimedia Database

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A database that hosts one or more primary media file types such as documents, images, videos, or audio. Learn more in: Original E-Assessment Methods

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A database that hosts one or more primary media types such as documents, images, videos or audio. Learn more in: Medical Hybrid Learning Tools

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A collection of information (data) which is arranged in individual records and is searchable. In our case information is composed of text, images, audio and video. Learn more in: Intangible Heritage Management and Multimodal Navigation

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A database system that is dedicated to the storage, management, and access of one or more media types, such as text, image, video, sound, diagram, etc. For example, an image database such as Corel Image Gallery that stores a large number of pictures and allow users to browse them or search them by keywords can be regarded as a multimedia database. An electronic encyclopedia such as Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia, which consists of tens of thousands of multimedia documents with text descriptions, photos, video clips, animations, is another typical example of a multimedia database. Learn more in: Multimedia Information Retrieval at a Crossroad