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Glossary
100/1000Base-T An Ethernet standard designed to generate, monitor and capture 100/1000
Ethernet traffic.
API Application Programming Interface
Specification intended to be used as an interface by software components
to communicate with each other.
ASI Asynchronous Serial Interface.
Buffer A memory store used to provide a consistent rate of data flow.
BW Bandwidth: a measure of the width of a range of frequencies, measured in
hertz.
CBR Constant Bitrate. The bit-rate of the bitstream is constant.
Codec Compressor-Decompressor.
A codec is a device or computer program capable of encoding and/or
decoding a digital data stream or signal.
Compression The process of removing redundant data from audio or video streams to
reduce the amount of data transferred or stored.
CPU Central Processing Unit.
DASH Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP
Decoder The device containing the electronic circuitry necessary to decode
encrypted signals. Some Decoders features a receiver.
DNS Domain Name Server
DRC Dynamic Range Control.
DVB Digital Video Broadcasting
The Digital Video Broadcasting Project (DVB) is an industry-led consortium
of around 250 broadcasters, manufacturers, network operators, software
developers, regulatory bodies and others in over 35 countries committed
to designing open technical standards for the global delivery of digital
television and data services. Services using DVB standards are available
on every continent with more than 500 million DVB receivers deployed.
EMC Electromagnetic Compatibility.
Ethernet The most widely used local area network (LAN) defined by the IEEE as the
802.3 standard.
Field For an interlaced video signal, a "field" is the assembly of alternate lines of
a frame. Therefore, an interlaced frame is composed of two fields, a top
field and a bottom field.