Non-linear editing is a modern day editing method used in film, video and audio production. It is similar to a cut and paste technique used since the beginning of film but unlike with the physical cutting and pasting of film of old the process is no longer destructive.
It is seen to be apposed to linear editing because you have equal access to any frame of the audio/video at any time so the process can go back on its self (non-linear).
[...] editing is seen to oppose non-linear editing because of the destructive nature, for example in film where the film would literally be cut and [...]
[...] of video editing software this can be a daunting task, fortunately I had a lot of experience with non-linear audio editing suits such as Sonar. Basically video editing software and sound editing software is pretty much the [...]