Multimedia computer technology and its products are new areas of development in today's computer industry. This book comprehensively describes the principles and key technologies of multimedia computer technology from the perspectives of design, development and application. The main contents include: key technologies, current status and development trends of multimedia computers: multimedia data compression and coding technology; hardware and software system structures of multimedia computers and their application technologies; hypertext and hypermedia: the use of multimedia writing tools, animation and video production , This book can be used as a teaching material for multimedia computer courses in related majors in ordinary institutions of higher learning. It can be read by teachers and students in colleges and universities, and can also be used as a study and reference for those engaged in the research, development and application of multimedia computers.