Latin multum - many; media, medium - environment, carrier
Multimedia content is a combination of various forms of media (such as text, graphics, audio, animation, video), which is controlled by software, hardware and technical means, recorded on a medium or placed on the network for presentation / playback according to a certain algorithm.

There are:

linear - the viewer is deprived of the opportunity to influence the information exchange or follow hyperlinks, for example, a film

non-linear - interactivity is allowed, for example, a website, a computer game, a multimedia presentation with hyperlinks