Acronyms and Glossary of Terms Relating to Digital TV Systems, DVB, Interactive TV & Multimedia Home Platform (MHP) Ver. 6.2 25. DIFFERENTIAL LATENCY ...................................... 18 Introduction 26. DIGITAL TRANSMISSION CONTENT PROTECTION DTCP, 5C & 4C ENTITY .................................... 19 For acronyms, consult the "List of Acronyms and 27. DIGITAL VIDEO BROADCAST (DVB).................... 19 Abbreviated Terms" commencing on page 3 first and 28. DIGITAL VIDEO INTERFACE (DVI) ...................... 19 then the "Description of Technical Terms" if a more 29. DIGITAL VISUAL INTERFACE (DVI/HDCP).......... 19 detailed explanation is required. 30. DOLBY SUROUND PRO-LOGIC™.......................... 19 31. DOLBY® ............................................................. 19 Contents: 32. DOM - (DOCUMENT OBJECT MODEL) ................. 20 33. DSM-CC ............................................................ 20 34. DVB-J ................................................................ 20 1. LIST OF ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATED 35. DVB-J API......................................................... 20 TERMS....................................................................... 3 36. DVB-J APPLICATION .......................................... 20 Numbers ......................................................................3 37. DVB-T ............................................................... 21 A..................................................................................4 38. DYNAMIC RANGE................................................. 21 B..................................................................................4 39. ECMA................................................................ 21 C..................................................................................4 40. ECMASCRIPT ..................................................... 21 D..................................................................................5 41. EDTV................................................................. 22 E..................................................................................6 42. EICTA................................................................ 22 F..................................................................................7 43. ELECTRONIC INDUSTRIES ALLIANCE (EIA) .......... 22 G..................................................................................7 44. ELECTRONIC PROGRAM GUIDE (EPG) ................. 22 H..................................................................................7 45. EUROPEAN TELECOMMUNICATION STANDARDS I ...................................................................................7 INSTITUTE (ETSI)................................................ 22 J...................................................................................8 46. EXECUTION ENGINE ............................................. 23 L ..................................................................................8 47. FONT................................................................... 23 M .................................................................................8 48. FORWARD ERROR CORRECTION (FEC) ................ 23 N..................................................................................9 49. FREE-TO-AIR (EG. FTA-BROADCASTER) ............. 23 O..................................................................................9 50. FREE-TO-VIEW .................................................... 23 P..................................................................................9 51. G703................................................................... 23 Q................................................................................10 52. GROUP OF PICTURES (GOP) ................................. 24 R................................................................................10 53. HAVI.................................................................. 24 S ................................................................................10 54. HEADER .............................................................. 24 T ................................................................................11 55. HIERARCHICAL CODING ....................................... 24 U................................................................................12 56. HIERARCHICAL COFDM MODULATION ............... 25 V................................................................................12 57. HIGH DEFINITION TELEVISION (HDTV)............... 26 W ...............................................................................12 58. HTML ................................................................ 26 X................................................................................12 59. HYBRID FIBRE/COAX (HFC) SYSTEM .................. 26 Y ................................................................................13 60. HYPER-TEXT-TRANSFER PROTOCOL (HTTP) .......... 26 2. DESCRIPTION OF TECHNICAL TERMS ......... 14 61. IEEE 1394.......................................................... 26 62. INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC 1. ‘5.1’ CHANNEL SOUND......................................... 14 ENGINEERS (IEEE).............................................. 26 2. AC-3................................................................... 14 63. INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION 3. ADVANCED AUDIO CODING (AAC) ..................... 14 (IEC) .................................................................. 27 4. ADVANCED TELEVISION SYSTEMS COMMITTEE 64. INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR (ATSC)............................................................... 15 STANDARDIZATION (ISO).................................... 27 5. AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARDS INSTITUTE 65. INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION— (ANSI)................................................................ 15 RADIOCOMMUNICATION (ITU-R) ........................ 27 6. APP. .................................................................... 15 66. INTERNET ENGINEERING TASK FORCE (IETF)...... 27 7. APPLICATION INFORMATION TABLE (AIT) ........... 15 67. ISO/IEC JTC1.................................................... 27 8. APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE (API) .. 15 68. JAVA APPLET ....................................................... 27 9. ASYNCHRONOUS SERIAL INTERFACE (ASI).......... 15 69. JAVA APPLICATION .............................................. 27 10. ATVEF............................................................... 15 TM 70. JAVA ............................................................... 27 11. BACK-CHANNEL.................................................. 15 71. JAVASCRIPT ........................................................ 28 12. BROADCAST STREAM/FILE FORMATS .................... 16 72. LATENCY ............................................................ 28 13. BYTECODE ........................................................... 16 73. LIFETIME............................................................. 28 14. CARRIER-TO-NOISE RATIO (C/N OR CNR) .......... 16 74. LOCAL AREA NETWORK (LAN) & WI-FI ........... 29 15. CASCADING STYLE SHEET (CSS)......................... 16 75. MACROBLOCKING ............................................... 29 16. CENELEC.......................................................... 16 76. MIB.................................................................... 30 17. CLOSED CAPTIONS (CC) ..................................... 17 77. MIDDLEWARE...................................................... 30 18. COFDM ............................................................. 17 78. MODIFIED JULIAN DATE (MJD)........................... 30 19. COLOUR LOOK-UP TABLE (CLUT)...................... 17 79. MODULATION ERROR RATIO (MER).................... 30 20. COMMON INTERFACE (CI) ................................... 17 80. MOSAIC DISPLAY................................................. 30 21. CONDITIONAL ACCESS (CA)................................ 18 81. MOSQUITO NOISE................................................ 30 22. COPYRIGHT PROTECTION TECHNICAL WORKING 82. MOVING PICTURE EXPERTS GROUP (MPEG) ....... 30 GROUP, CPTWG................................................. 18 83. MPEG- 1 AND MPEG- 2.................................... 31 23. DATA CAROUSEL ................................................. 18 84. MPEG- 1 LAYER II AUDIO................................... 31 24. DECLARATIVE APPLICATION ................................ 18 85. MPEG- 4 ............................................................ 32 Comments to [email protected] Version 6.2 (2003-04-14) Page 1 Note: all copyright terms, names and trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Acronyms and Glossary of Terms Relating to Digital TV Systems, DVB, Interactive TV & Multimedia Home Platform (MHP) Ver. 6.2 86. MPEG- 7.............................................................32 148. VARIABLE BIT RATE (VBR) ................................43 Ò 87. MPEG LA ........................................................33 149. VERTICAL BLANKING INTERVAL (VBI) ...............43 88. MPEG-21............................................................33 150. W3C ...................................................................43 89. MUD...................................................................33 151. WIDE SCREEN SIGNALLING (WSS).......................43 90. MULTIMEDIA AND HYPERMEDIA INFORMATION 152. WYSIWYG ........................................................43