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General Description > List of Abbreviations and Terms for DVD Video Camera/Recorders
Index Abbreviation/Term
Explanation
M
MMC
See MultiMediaCard.
MPEG
Motion Picture Experts Group: Standard related to compression of digital video
and audio. MPEG2 is a higher standard of MPEG and is applied to video (movie)
requiring higher quality.
MPEG Audio
Layer 2
One of three audio compression standards (layers 1-3) defi ned by MPEG
MultiMediaCard
Also referred to as MMC. Compact memory card, 32 mm long × 24 mm wide × 1.4
mm thick
S
SCSI
Small Computer System Interface: A standard for connecting computer and
peripheral devices. The number, First, Ultra, Wide, etc., prefi xed or suffi xed to
SCSI indicates the data transfer rate and connector specifi cations.
SDMI
Secure Digital Music Initiative: This conference was established by hardware
makers, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and music industry
companies, to protect copyrights of musical compositions.
SD Memory Card
Formally named Secure Digital Memory Card. This compact memory card, 32
mm long × 24 mm wide × 2.1 mm thick, is equipped with an advanced copyright
protection function.
SecureMMC
See Secure MultiMediaCard.
Secure
Also referred to as SecureMMC. This compact memory card has multimedia card
MultiMediaCard specifi cations, to which an advanced copyright protection function is added.
Software disc-
Protect
This function writes the protect information to DVD-RAM disc to prevent accidental
erasure. Software Disc-Protect is included in DVD-RAM disc specifi cations defi ned
by DVD Forum.
STN LCD
Super-Twisted Nematic Liquid Crystal Display: This type of color LCD is inferior to
TFT LCD in coloring, view angle, etc.
T
TFT LCD
Thin Film Transistor Liquid Crystal Display: This type of color LCD features clear
display, high contrast, wide view angle, etc.
U
UDF
Universal Disc Format, which is a fi le format of recordable disc defi ned by OSTA.
The revision 2.01 UDF is used on DVD video camera/recorder.
USB
Universal Serial Bus: Standard of serial interface that connects PC and peripheral
devices. Two versions - USB1.1 and USB2.0, with different data transfer rates -
exist at present.
V
VBR
Stands for Variable Bit Rate: This format of coding audio and video varies the
amount of data depending on the subject image.
Etc.
+R
Digital discs whose specifi cations are established and promulgated by “DVD+RW
Alliance”, which is an industrial group different from “DVD Forum”. +R is
recordable, and +RW is rewritable. They are also referred to as DVD+R and
DVD+RW.
+RW