(1) A file that is capable of holding two or more multimedia elements (text, images, audio, video and animations). See
multimedia,
multimedia container and
metafile.
(2) Any file other than one containing only text. Unlike definition #1 above, a multimedia file does not have to be capable of storing more than one multimedia element. For example, an audio-only file is said to be a multimedia file. Both definitions #1 and #2 are widely used.