Quicktime

Animation and video files that originally were designed for by Apple Corporation for Mac computers. Next came the software for playing quicktime video on PC computers. In late 1996, Apple announced that it was letting go of its proprietary rights so that Quicktime could become an open-platform recording standard. Now PC users can record and well as play back Quicktime video. Various playback utilities, including the always popular QuickTime playback software, can be downloaded free from <http://www.apple.com>. Quicktime is clearly the standard in the lead for WWW video. But Microsoft's replacement of Video for Windows with its newer Active Video software makes it a closer race for dominance in video software. (See also Active video, DVI, Video for Windows, Indeo, MPEG, Video, MCI, Ultimedia Video, Internet audio and video, and AVI)

A type of video and sound playback format for computers. Developed by Apple Computer, the use of QuickTime has become so widespread that it has become a video standard.

This is a technology developed by our friends at Apple Computer. It is the most popular multimedia format for storing sound, graphics, and movie files, (often indicated as ".mov" files). Though it is an Apple technology, QuickTime software is available for both the Mac and the PC. If you don't have QuickTime, or NEED the latest version, you can get it here.