| No | Word | Definition |
| 1 | Multimedia project | Software vehicle and tools that are designed and designated to managing and integrating multimedia individual elements in a way to provide digital content. |
| 2 | Linear multimedia project | Content through such systems is being continually provided from start to end or even loops without any user interactive. |
| 3 | Nonlinear multimedia project | Information provided through this type of systems can be fully controlled by users to the extent that they will be able to move around and follow different paths throughout the information providing process. |
| 4 | Authoring tools | The software tools that integrate the multimedia various components and formulate relevant user interface. In addition, an authoring tool offers facilities for creating and editing text and images, and they have extensions to drive videodisc players, videotape players and other relevant hardware peripherals. |