Uses of multimedia information / Convergence of computers, communications, and entertainment products / Archictures and issues for distributed multimedia systems / Digital audio representation and processing / Video technology / Digital video and image compression / Time-based media representation and delivery / Operating system support for continuous media applications / Middleware system services architecture -- Multimedia devices, presentation services, and the user interface / Multimedia file systems and information models/ Multimedia presentation and authoring / Multimedia services over the public network : requirements, architectures, and protocols / Multimedia interchange / Multimedia conferencing / Multimedia groupware : computer and video fusion approach to open shared workspace / High definition television and desktop computing / Knowledge-based multimedia systems