This document defines multimedia and discusses its history, forms, tools, and importance. Multimedia combines text, graphics, sound, animation, and video. It first emerged in the 1980s with desktop computers. Common multimedia forms include greeting cards, movies, and photo albums. Tools used to create multimedia include video editors like Lightworks, media players like VLC, sound editors like Audacity, and animation programs like Pencil. Multimedia has various applications in business, education, entertainment, and public spaces for purposes like presentations, e-learning, games, and information kiosks.