Exploring Multimedia and Bandwidth
Adding multimedia files, like sounds and movies, grows more popular as modems become faster and people browse the Web with more bandwidth. Yes, that's right: Most multimedia files take up a lot of bandwidth. Bandwidth is the size of the Internet “pipe” you have when you connect to the Web. More people are accessing the Internet using a broadband connection: DSL or cable modem. If you are on a cable modem, you have access to a higher Internet Bandwidth than someone connecting with a 56kbps modem has.
Some formats, like RealMedia or Shockwave files, get around the large bandwidth requirements of sound and video files by streaming content to you. Streamed content begins to play immediately after a short buffer ...
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