compound document


compound document

[‚käm‚pau̇nd ′däk·yə·mənt] (computer science) A document that contains two or more different data structures, such as text, graphics, and sound.

compound document

A single document that contains a combination of data structures such as text, graphics, spreadsheets, sound and video clips. The document may embed the additional data types or reference external files by pointers of some kind. SGML and HTML are examples of compound document formats. See OLE.