Glossary - BMS DLC50 Installation & Operation Manual

10 GLOSSARY

4:2:0 - Digital video coding process.. Chrominance
levels are sampled in line alternation mode with
reduces bandwidth.
4:2:2 - Digital video coding process.. Chrominance
levels of all lines are sampled with reduces
bandwidth.
A
ABS - 32-bit ABS encryption standard - AES -
Advanced Encryption Standard, a Federal
Information Processing Standard (FIPS), is an
algorithm to reduce electronic data. It processes
block ciphers.
ASCII - ASCII, American Standard Code for
Information Interchange, a character encoding
scheme.
ASI - ASI, Asynchronous Serial Interface, is a data
format used to carry MPEG data streams. An ASI
stream may contain one or more video and/or audio
streams.
B
BNC - Bayonet Neill-Concelman, Coaxial connector.
C
COFDM - Coded Orthogonal Frequency
Division Multiplex is a standard for terrestrial
digital TV transmission.
Composite - (see DVBS)
CVBS - Colour Video Baseband Signal is an
analogue video signal carrying colour and
luminance information within one signal.
D
D-ENG - Digital Electronic News Gathering is a
standard for digital video and audio transmission in
the broadcast industry..
DVB-T - Digital Video Broadcasting Terrestrial, digital
TV transmission standard.
E
EMC - ElectroMagnetic Compatibility, labels that
electromagnetic devices do not have a negative
impact on other electromagnetic devices.
ETS - European Telecommunications Standard
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F
FEC - Forward Error Correction, algorithm used to
reduce error rates in digital data transmission.
FM - Frequency Modulation, analogue modulation
technique.
H
HDMI - High Definition Multimedia Interface is an
interface for digital video.
I
IEC - International Electrotechnical Committee
IF - Intermediate Frequency, mixes frequencies up or
down to other frequencies.
ISO - International Standards Organisation
K
kbit/s - Kilobits per seconds (1000 bits per second).
L
Linear Power Amplifier - A linear power amplifier
amplifies the output signal of a modulator up to a
level of 1W (appr. 30 dBm).
M
Mbit/s - Megabits per second (1000000 bits per
second).
MP@ML - Main Profile at Main Level is a part of the
MPEG-2 standards for storage or transmission of
video feeds of up to 15 Mbit/s
MPEG - Motion Pictures Experts Group is a standard
organization developing video compression
techniques.
N
NTSC - National Television Systems Committee is an
analogue television standard mainly used in the USA
and Latin-American countries.
O
OFDM - Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex is
bandwidth efficient modulation technique.
P
PAL - Phase Alternation Line is an analogue
television standard mainly used in Europe.
PC - Personal Computer
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