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Glossary of terms
8B/10B
Eight to Ten Bit Conversion.
ASI
Asynchronous Serial Interface.
ASI-C
ASI Coaxial cable.
ASI-O
ASI Fibre optic cable.
B3ZS
Bipolar with Three Zero Substitution.
BB Baseband.
BER
Bit Error Rate.
CCIR
Comite Consultatif International des Radiocommunications.
CCITT
Comite Consultatif International Telephonique et Telegraphique.
CPLD
Custom Programmable Logic Device.
DJ Deterministic
Jitter.
DTVC
Digital Television by Cable.
DVB
Digital Video Broadcasting.
DVG
Digital Video Generator.
EBU
European Broadcasting Union.
EBU
European Broadcasting Union.
ETS
European Telecommunication Standard.
ETSI
European Telecommunications Standards Institute.
FEC
Forward Error Correction.
FIFO
First In First Out.
FPGA
Field Programmable Gate Array.
G.703
ITU CCITT recommendation G.703.
HDB3
High Density Bi-polar of order 3.
IF Intermediate
Frequency.
IRD
Integrated Receiver Decoder.
ITU
International Telecommunications Union.
LSB
Least Significant Bit.
LVDS
Low Voltage Differential Signalling.
Mb/s
Megabits per second.
MPEG
Moving Pictures Experts Group.
MPEG
Motion Picture Experts Group.
MSB
Most Significant Bit.
MSB
Most Significant Bit.
MUX
Multiplex.
NO
Normally open contact set.
NC
Normally closed contact set.
NRZ
Non Return to Zero.
PDH
Plesiochronic Digital Hierarchy.
PRBS
Pseudo Random Binary Sequence.
QAM
Quadrature Amplitude Modulation.
QEF
Quasi Error Free.
QPSK Quarternary
Phase Shift Keying.
R & S
Rohde & Schwarz.
RF Radio
Frequency.
RJ Random
Jitter.
RS Reed
Solomon.
SDI
Serial Digital Interface.
SMATV
Satellite Master Antenna Television.
SPI
Synchronous Parallel Interface MPEG2.
SSI
Synchronous Serial Interface.
TDM
Time Division Multiplex.
TS Transport
Stream.
TV Television.
IRT
Communications
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