Computer hardware and computer software programs for the integration of text, audio, graphics, still images and moving pictures into an interactive delivery for multimedia applications; Computer software for accessing information directories that may be downloaded from the global computer network; Computer software for application and database integration; Computer software for computer system and application development, deployment and management; Computer software for controlling and managing access server applications; Computer software for creating searchable databases of information and data; Computer software for providing an on-line database in the field of transaction processing to upload transactional data, provide statistical analysis, and produce notifications and reports; Computer software for the collection, editing, organizing, modifying, book marking, transmission, storage and sharing of data and information; Computer software that assists computers in deploying parallel applications and performing parallel computations; Computer software to enhance the audio-visual capabilities of multimedia applications, namely, for the integration of text, audio, graphics, still images and moving pictures