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| Authoring programs | programs used to create full, multimedia productions, such as simulations and tutorials; most have some point-and-click features, but require some knowledge of programming language concepts; i.e., Microsoft Visual Basic, Macromedia Director. |
| Director Shockwave Studio | is a compressive authoring package that allows developers to create multimedia applications. |
| HyperCard | one of the first multimedia authoring programs to use the card metaphor |
| Icon-based program | a multimedia authoring program that uses a flowchart scheme to represent content or a particular event. |
| Macromedia Director | time-based authoring program that uses a movie metaphor. |
| Macromedia Flash | an animation program for developing 2-D animations delivered on the Web. |
| OpenScript | is a scripting language for Toolbook. |
| Players | are programs that allow users to run multimedia applications on their computers. |
| Programming languages | languages used to create applications and, in multimedia, to produce sophisticated features such as creating animations and searching databases |
| Script | is program code for a specific task such as a rollover. |
| Scripting Languages | programming languages used to create scripts. |
| Shockwave | program that allows an Internet user to play applications created with Macromedia Director. |
| SMIL (Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language) | a program created to enable developers to specify what should be presented, when it should be presented, and to control the use of transitions within a presentation. |
| Toolbook | an authoring program based on a book metaphor. |
