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OVERVIEW. 1. Uses of Multimedia Information, John Buford. 2. TheConvergence of Computers,Communications, and Entertainment Products,Jeff Porter. 3. Architectures and Issues for DistributedMultimediaSystems, John Buford. MEDIA AND TIME. 4. Digital Audio RepresentationandProcessing, John Strawn. 5. Video Technology, Arch Luther. 6.Digital Video and Image Compression, Arch Luther. 7. Time-Based MediaRepresentation and Delivery, Thomas D. Little. MULTIMEDIA INFORMATIONSYSTEMS. 8. Operating System Support for Continuous Media, HideyukiTokuda. 9. Middleware System Services Architecture. 10. MultimediaDevices, PresentationServices, and the User Interface, John Buford. 11.Multimedia File Systems and InformationModels, John Buford. 12.Multimedia Presentation andAuthoring, David Backer. MULTIMEDIACOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS. 13. Multimedia Services over the PublicNetwork:Requirements, Architectures, and Protocols, Prodip Sen. 14. MultimediaInterchange, John Buford. 15. Multimedia Conferencing, John Buford. 16.Multimedia Groupware: Computer and Video Fusion Approachto Open SharedWorkspace, Hiroshi Ishii and Naomi Miyake. FUTURE DIRECTIONS. 17. HighDefinition Television and Desktop Computing, Charles Poynton. 18.Knowledge-Based Multimedia Systems, Jeannette Neal and Stuart Shapiro.Index. Membership Information.