Hitachi DZ-MV580A Service Manual page 21

General Description > List of Abbreviations and Terms for DVD Video Camera/Recorders
Index Abbreviation/Term
M MPEG
MPEG Audio
Layer 2
MultiMediaCard
MultiMediaCard
Association
O OSTA
S SCSI
SDA
SD Card
Association
SDMI
SD Memory Card
SecureMMC
Secure
MultiMediaCard
Software disc-
Protect
STN LCD
T TFT LCD
U UDF
USB
V VBR
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.
One of three audio compression standards (layers 1-3) defined by MPEG
Also referred to as MMC. Compact memory card, 32 mm long × 24 mm wide × 1.4
mm thick
Also referred to as MMCA. This association promotes the widespread use of
multimedia cards.
Optical Storage Technology Association, which is an international industry
organization that promotes recordable optical storage used to store computer data
and images.
Small Computer System Interface: A standard for connecting computer and
peripheral devices. Frequently notated by prefixing or suffixing the number that
indicates the data transfer rate, and First, Ultra, Wide, etc., to SCSI.
See SD Card Association.
Also referred to as SDA. This organization promotes the popularization of SD
memory card.
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.
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.
See Secure MultiMediaCard.
Also referred to as SecureMMC. This compact memory card has multimedia card
specifications, to which an advanced copyright protection function is added.
Unusable on the DVD video camera/recorder.
This function writes the protect information to DVD-RAM disc to prevent accidental
erasure. Software Disc-Protect is included in DVD-RAM disc specifications defined
by DVD Forum.
Super-Twisted Nematic Liquid Crystal Display: This type of color LCD is inferior to
TFT LCD in coloring, view angle, etc.
Thin Film Transistor Liquid Crystal Display: This type of color LCD features clear
display, high contrast, wide view angle, etc.
Universal Disc Format, which is a file format of recordable disc defined by OSTA.
The version 2.01 UDF is used on DVD video camera/recorder.
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.
Stands for Variable Bit Rate: This format of coding audio and video varies the
amount of data depending on the subject image.
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