2.6. LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND TERMS FOR DVD VIDEO
CAMERA/RECORDERS
Index
A
C
D
E
F
I
J
L
M
Explanation
See Dolby AC3.
Content Protection for Recordable Media: Copyright protection function that is
suitable for online distribution of music.
Design rule for Camera File system standard: This camera file system standard,
established by JEIDA (now merged to JEITA).
Audio coding format developed by Dolby Laboratories in U.S, also simply referred
as AC3 format: Supports 5-channel full-range sound and one channel for sub-woofer
sound playback.
Digital Print Order Format: DPOF allows user to record print information along
with photos on storage media to facilitate printing of photos.
Digital Versatile Disc. A huge amount of digital data for video (movie) and audio
can be recorded on this disc, whose size is the same as CD.
International organization that formulates the technical standards of DVD
One type of DVD standard disc, on which high-quality audio can be recorded
One type of DVD standard disc, to which writing once is possible (recordable type)
One type of DVD standard disc, to which writing up to 100,000 times is possible
One type of DVD standard disc, to which data for computer can be recorded
One type of DVD standard disc, to which writing up to 1000 times is possible
One type of DVD standard disc, on which high-quality video and audio can be
recorded
Video recording/playback standard that applies to DVD-Video, DVD-R and DVD-
RW
Video recording/playback standard that applies to DVD-RAM and DVD-RW: This
allows versatile editing functions, differing from the DVD Video Format.
Exchangeable image file format. File format used for recording photos on digital
cameras, established by JEIDA (now merged to JEITA).
See IEEE1394.
Also referred to as FireWire or i-LINK: Standard for serial interface that connects
PC and peripheral devices
This CCD scans one image twice (scans roughly once and interpolates between first
scanning lines the second time) and interlaces the images obtained by scanning
twice to create a one-image signal.
See IEEE1394.
JEIDA stands for Japan Electronic Industry Development Association.
JEITA stands for Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries
Association, which came into existence when JEIDA merged with EIAJ (Electronic
Industries Association of Japan).
JEITA has established Exif and DCF standard.
Joint Photographic Expert Group: International standard format for compressing
still images
Liquid Crystal Display. LCD formats include STN and TFT.
Linear Pulse Code Modulation. Also referred to as linear PCM. LPCM is a format
that digitizes analog audio data during recording and converts it to analog data
during playback.
See MultiMediaCard.
See MultiMediaCard Association.
Abbreviation/Term
AC3
CPRM
DCF
Dolby AC3
DPOF
DVD
DVD Forum
DVD-Audio
DVD-R
DVD-RAM
DVD-ROM
DVD-RW
DVD-Video
DVD Video
Format
DVD Video
Recording Format
Exif
FireWire
IEEE1394
Interlaced CCD
i-LINK
JEIDA
JEITA
JPEG
LCD
LPCM
MMC
MMCA
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