TY - GEN AU - Wu, Chwan-Hwa AU - Irwin, J. David, TI - Emerging multimedia computer communication technologies SN - 013079967X AV - QA76.575 .W8 1998 PY - 1998/// CY - Upper Saddle River, NJ PB - Prentice Hall PTR KW - Telecommunication KW - Technological innovations KW - Digital communications KW - Data transmission systems KW - Case studies KW - Computers KW - Periodicals KW - Multimedia systems N1 - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; Introduction -- Multimedia computer technologies -- Compression and multimedia standards/techniques -- Local area networks -- Next-generation LANs -- Wide area networks -- Internet and intranets -- New broadband communciation services to the home -- Multimedia over communication networks -- Videoconferencing and telephony -- Applications of multimedia -- Appendix: List of acronyms -- Index ER -