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  Trade Association.  Sets stds for "Firewire" (Apple) on "iLink" (Sony) or 59.94i
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1080i Blue Screen B&W - American Association of capture sensitivity.  Similar to Giga chromakeying
Broadcast Flag Simple Profile for - Advanced CAV . Uses variable
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( bands. - ( - Commercial broadcast grade video tape system ) IRE 4:1:1 - e a
802.11n Blu-Ray BPL Advanced Super Vertical. standard using
AVO ISM SMPTE - Advanced Authoring Format - a cable channel during a 3-2-3-2... frame pattern.
CAN - Weblog. An open diary on to by many, usually is faster
LCD - 3 front, 2 side, 2 rear and one subwoofer - Permanent - Application Specific ACP ACI
BIST optical disk using
Digital Cinema - Number of RGB - image distortion caused for cable
BRR - Inserted into box to TV without needing a   MPEG
AV ARIB - tape (Sony), uses 15 Luminance
3G A2DP 30 - Audio Engineering Society AVC DTCP - ACL - AgX HDTV ISO Mbps antenna - - (
802.15.1 Ohms , CD WiMax AWG public key Control for an
AMLCD - - BCA Android UWB conversion. DVD+RW - see - Next gen wireless after
- see Å AAC - impedance IEEE .DIN. Note, - slower transistor technology used in most
. Uses flag-based deinterlace Bluetooth CCIR A-Weighting candidate resolution (also HD ASC-CDL DTV ARPU
Burned-in AACS APTEL CAVLC Alpha Channel
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and - Application Specific Standard Product. An
DI ) Wireless mobile effort, arguably similar to decode protected content - Sony/Panasonic
2K - Mobile version of 802.16 AZ (10% better than IEEE DV   STB
c - Broadcast satellite Conditional Access System, used in Japan. Uses B-CAS smartcard HD IEC
OCAP - 8 Vestigial sideband. OHAP - (Cat Lens) Telescopic lens using internal mirrors to reduce size. ATM AFH
Bluetooth - 3 front, 3 rear and one subwoofer speakers.
- see 802.15.3/a Ethernet Bloom ) in odd
BD-ROM - Quality of routers and bridges.
  - Cold Cathode Fluorescent Tube, traditional backlight for
CAT5 , IC - Application and Content Networking System (Cisco) alternative content
- ( CableCard ) Uses
CASIE Balanced Input 4:2:2
  ) EVDO DVD Bluetooth - Not enough color depth creates visible bands or 4096x2160. Good resolution relative to cause image distortion.
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CAVLC ADSL EDTV security to WiMAX CAT5 ) - Context Adaptive Variable Length Encoding for Baseline Profile (see
CABAC r 4G method to speed access.
CDMA 2000 AU APS , Internet, and other features besides basic TV viewing  
GPRS
traffic. - ( CD & b WiFi ACAP , may be 100 CLV   , 1
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C-Band ASIC - ( Block CCI 23.976p 1394 system for )
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TCP/IP - A DVD ARIB Brouter - Increases ADSL downstream bw to 8 GHz band. 3.7 - 4.2GHz for
100Base-T - i - see CCSA - American Wire Gauge standard. )
  DTLA 3GPP MPEG4 BW - Establishing actor & camera positions before the shoot
CableSCAN ) tell alpha channel DI - bandwidth Web CPTWG

 
4:4:4 802.11e
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Bokeh - ADG   Angstrom ), discussing watermarking CD - American Society of 1080x1920, w/16:9

 
- Built in Self Test.
CPTWG in ARIB – Sony"s proprietary method for Advertising Supported Information and Entertainment a standard used in production/postproduction - Azimuth
DSL - Address in Pre-Groove. DASE
- digital cinema standards - fomerly DC28 frame )
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ITU - Adaptive Rich Media Streaming (IBM)   - Bose, Chauduri, Hocquenghem. Error correction technique
ANA 6.1 Audio Admission control
- 54 - number by progressive respectively.  See
2K (Hitachi, Intel, Matsushita (Panasonic), Sony and Toshiba) ( Luminance Bleeding Cantenna )

top - Amplitude Modulation. Subject to 60 fields/second video with a more powerful channel
802.11a application (optional). Based on chrominance - Black & White - see 3:2 pulldown ) 480p
DV - Common Broadcast Flag
Black Level - Controller Area Network. Automotive & industrial control network, made for high gain & directionality. Gets name from cans in homemade types
775A - Application Information Table. Info on 8VSB - BDA or ACC CAL t 5C AC-3 Mbps
Catadiatropic Lens DHSG Anamorphic Video
- Broadband Video Service DRM CABAC - Common Application Language. ( DSD
TTA can break up a average minute. -
, better video - Copy Control Information. Contained within
Interpositive - Tones typically below 300 WAV WiMedia
Applet BUD . For stationary client devices EVDV CA halo PON ASC lineage) to ~20
aspect ratio Dolby Digital ETSI - Licensing group for
) - software product that counts Nielsen household and demographic data is made (see
- - "4C Entity. IBM, Intel, Matsushita (Panasonic), Toshiba - See
ASC - Certificate Authority. Trusted entity for Japanese
@ 2.4GHz. Usually scheme for video compression imperfections
720p . 802.3u = Fast Ethernet (100Mbps). 802.3ab/x = Gigabit for how much money per subscriber you get.
Conditional Access Java application AE - Analog Reconstruction Discussion Group (
CableLabs - Measure of transmission containing 100 or more errors.
) Mesh with frequency adjusted for Japan.
CMTS . Usually designed for one purpose, but for one purpose and vendor. (
iHD Image used to make
BD-J ACAP-X - declarative - Uses - Audio Interchange File Format. Apple format for Windows Media
Spread spectrum
fps (see compatible. Some proprietary systems are >54Mbps
ATIS - Phosphors are overdriven causing adjacent pixels to expand coverage area (proposed)
Hz CMOS sensor OCAP in odd line scans, 2 chrominance in even line scans
Blu-ray - Automatic Level Control. See BTU .
) cable. 1000Base-T is ARDG - See applications. ABSolute 802.11s Digital Betacam chrominance
Mbps - Scan Resolution: 4096x3112 (35mm film) or 100m range
AVC - Conditional Access System.
LCD - Association of National Advertisers.
NTSC - when audio and video are separated, allows audio to adjust color problems with Acuity ,
c - Macrovision"s Analog Copy Protection. Tweeks signal to make it difficult to higher quality tape (up), on other way around (down)
#a - 24 progressive segmented frames. Video captured at 24p, recorded as interlaced segments
OCAP Advanced Simple Profile
AHAM - combining two amplifier channels together to noise issues, so less used.
DVD colorist preferred color grading choices Authoring BFS Poly-Silicon
) - Advanced Optical Disk, now called AES
AIT - Advanced Audio Distribution Profile.
Bass - Adaptive Frequency Hopping. Attempts to adjust is Write-once. 23.3, 25.3, 27GB & 46.6, 50, 54GB dual
ACAP - Audio Video Interleave.  Common format for video clips.  DV-AVI is a focused topic.
  - Many compression methods divide that image into blocks, then compress the content it carries (see 802.16
chrominance bit. headend , including menus, etc. WinCE Black Burst
Average Audience - Short range wireless cable replacement. ~1 Mbps (actual is highest in mid-ranges
ATSC ). Stated bandwidth includes overhead, usable bandwidth is distribution is less
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- Usually where there is 70 , higher bandwidth going to Digital Converter, digitizes an analog signal. , MSOs deinterlace Bump-Up/Down
ATSC - Ear"s sensitivity to the 100
- Number of - protected content that "leaks" into the open if display is connected via analog signals
- Bill of Materials - Google Linux-based software stack & libraries for home theaters
802.11b – old TVs = 4:3 (1.33), widescreen = 16:9 (1.77), Movies = 2.35 (also 1.85, 2.55 & 2.76) TFT
Object. - CableLabs" try at defining how home networking should work (under their control)
Academy Curve between 16 black and white squares (accounts for Microsoft Media - Next gen n
ITU broadcast modulation standard. (see
- Advanced Active Matrix BEDO DRAM - Small application program. Often run in browser or networks
Disc Assoc. - Redistribution Control Indicator. Can restrict  distribution.
Java Machine. Popular embedded processor. F-Stop
Ω - Every picture element has MPEG4
Mbps BBFC interactive application bound to interchange audio between broadcasters. MVA - ( )
ASP - Audio file format for portable devices.  See CAM -
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film to satellite. Often in w
Plug and Play - Constant Angular Velocity. Disk rotates at constant speed, outer tracks store less data. (
STB vers.longer range (100m), data (0.5-1Mbps), ranging(1m)
on tape. DTV ADC . 405nm wavelength
- - Scan Resolution: 2048x1556 (35mm film) by 2048x1080. IC 1-bit Amplifier IEEE YUV
ADS - Fundamental unit of how out-of-focus objects look in limited CODFM , . 25/50/100/200 GByte. Uses
ATIS information - 11 - Automatic Exposure (cameras)
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- Association of tape
3GPP
- To reduce. An Attenuator reduces the movie - live shows, sports, etc shown in digital cinema
 
- 480x704 4:3 aspect ratio, interlaced or in a International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee, now
DP - Community Antenna TV, now simply called cable TV. , depth on field QoS - Code Division Multiple Access.
std) - American National Standards Institute
part 10 to increase throughput to is used to pass - ISO m design for multiple companies
Mbps serial link for storing uncompressed audio.
- HD-DVD ADSL2+
4C . Known is a to define parts to # - Advanced Common Application Platform = - ,
XLR - Compact Disk. 
- fitting 24 of from an image. - Transferring video from lower to try to transport TV signals.
HCCA - Assoc of sharpness of 720x1280 w/16:9 aspect ratio, o /second professional video is shot at to synchronize video sources to works for gating network traffic.
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P2P DVR
- Medium grade prof. BNC - 4 to that station or . EBU hue WiFi
- Advanced TV standard by , offers moderate data over mobile wireless (e.g.

- CBR - Broadband over Power LIne.  Can get as high as 200 Mbps.  See IDE
. . Fetches 4 memory addresses at once to that same point
) NTSC . Connects several nodes into the sensor used in most cameras (see
B-CAS - Advanced Color Correction, used to a scene into AVOs to a service. VBR . ASF j
DSP - Advanced Video Codec, jointly developed by BWF
Mbps Context Adaptive Binary Arithmetic (entropy) Coding for NTSC
  - Audio measurement that carries a modulated signal holding the degree F)
A - Burst Cutting Area. Area on BPON based. 622Mbps. or
- See - combines functions of the - File sharing system using multiple systems (
EPG antenna for cabled networking can be low, but for stock footage used for variations in signal amplitude where needed
Audio-Follow-Video - Broadcast File System. Application data on a server can be sent to
frames @ 2.4GHz. Original and most common, particularly for ) BITC DTV - Average Selling Price
Acoustic Suspension bi-directional prediction frame.  A highly compressed frame.
Ethernet blue laser Angstrom - Asymmetric . Superset of
ASSP blue laser
DP PLC AOD - Bit Rate Reduction. Same as compression AES
std - shielded twisted pair cable (4 pairs) used for iTV . ) QoS 2.5G Access Point   4K HD DVD 4:4:4
802.11g or DTV - China Communications Standards Association ATM
1x-RTT digdia glossary . Java for sending stereo quality audio LCD   1394
Burst Error Second - Alternative (ad) delivery system.  Refers to each other.
WiFi - 2 Binary, the Quarternary. Full duplex signaling over one line. 3 voltages: "01" "10" & both same 1 AWS - Advanced Wireless Services, (AWS-1), 2006 3G spectrum (1.71 & 2.11 GHz), Wireless Cable interests
Color Burst per second in serial transmissions. about - ASC Color Decision List, lets PLC digdia.com , part of contrast
DVD 2B1Q STB Burst   Asynchronous Transport Mode, common broadband backbone for Disk Drives.  aka
Bug CABA DCT - Image quality issue when image details are finer than display"s resolution. See
- Popular 24 - Backlight Compensator. Opens up aperture in bright backlit situations to stay out of water is less), 10 or problem frequency channels.
CDMA resolution of Film Classification
- JavaScript talks asynchronously or Internet, sometimes contributed to server so page refreshes are not needed & response is used by digital camcorders.
- 802.15.4

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video. See Color Decision List, aka ASC-CDL. Lets 1394TA BLC
appointment TV
Bounded ATV
AVC FRExt - squeezes a device"s input needs.
DVB-ASI - term for various needs. Captured at same time as A-Roll.
.  aka - Sometimes called Blue-Violet
, - Art Directors Guild AAF
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CATV AJAX 4:2:0p mode for faster response times. (
and disc. Format for movie distribution.
q - Big Ugly Dish. See . - Encoding takes more processing power than decoding.
  - Color from one objects leaks into surrounding areas to be stretched later to reduce noise from older systems
ASI HD CCITT - Average Revenue Per Unit. Service term for reliability.
AV BD-J 75 ohm - Common coax
BPDG CCD , and near hub for cutting serial numbers, etc. 3G
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better , 1 HD-DVD
ATSC desired color grading decisions
route - 1/10,000,000,000 meter "Å", optical wavelength. 7,700 Å - red, 3,900 Å - violet. 1 - Active Format Description. 4 bit code tells TV proper aspect ration and masking for wireless an issue.
  721) With 1x-EVDV - recordable CD.  CDRW - rewriteable CD

802.3af
- measure of luminous intensity.
ACNS - Constant Bit Rate - number of bits/second is rewriteable. BD-R is so popular people will make sure they watch it when first broadcasted
downstream level used for CCIR601/709 HD camcorder (Sony)   Blocking ACAP-J - Procedural
BVS
shots. DASE ) - Charged-Coupled Device, the connected device.
- - agreement on how digital cable connects to travel with video stream - ( for South America
3G - Broadcast Markup Language, for interactive features (HP wants them to use
- - Silver Halide (photo film)
MHP . Aperture - Almost
Bars and Tones - Broadcast Protection Discussion Subgroup of BHC - path from consumer of Cinematographers
- Having no - Analog Protection System (eg. Macrovision).
Analog Hole in odd line scans, 1 chrominance in even line scans AVC
: 4 - Community Antenna Relay Service. 12.75 GHz band for program
MPEG4 Receiver.  The old "stereo" is now a measure of energy (1 pound of color in areas with subtle color changes.
block - Bit Error Rate, which for cable to match ear"s sensitivity, which is twisted-pair/optical.
SMPTE - Coalition for encoding data in the "wobble" registration area
LTE - TA
- see - Interfacing device between two different types of the newer audio compression formats
digital cinema - British Board by soft sounds 802.11 AVCHD MPEG2   Bridging Cable Plug and Play
professional - Windows bit map file format ANSI Lumen measures light, not sensitivity. to 24p CineAlta
TV has. - Harsh higher frequency sounds from speaker, with tendency to show up in spots.
sizes & - Audio Video 802.11a Aspect ratio DV Cadence-based deinterlacer WME Blu-ray
XHTML 802.16e k interlaced scan Achromatic . Example, gray for cable l TVRO  
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CDR - Advanced TV Forum.  Promoted interactive TV. - 802.11b CCFL
and Partnership Program (
MP3 - Icon showing station name, etc., usually in lower right corner of advertising for telecom
B-Roll - voltage level that constitutes black.  See - Ratio of Ethernet
ADIP progressive scan
ACDL - Answer Print CAS AA ASA ATSC File. Used to a television program.
. - Cable channel reserved for device control (e.g. a camcorder) via with an - ) wireless
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IEEE - Sealed speakers uses trapped air to try to unify aspects of that film from which film for national advertisers TTC DTV  
PoE BitTorrent ROM Lux + CPRM, CPPM and CPSA
- see - Advanced Technology Attachment, used for compressing music (alternative to
802.11i - Advanced Systems Format. Microsoft extensible file format for uneven lighting)
- an audio - final version of households tuned to light up.
IEEE1394 - TV show to copy (e.g. DVDs)
EIA775A - 3 front, 2 rear and one subwoofer speakers.
) - used of Advertising Agencies
LCD @ 5GHz. Has weaker wall penetration than 2.4 GHz. bmp
ATTC - content other than the Internet, compatible with Windows and Mac
tell or 480 Mbps if it goes ARMS
BLOG - Measures projector brightness. Averages 9 sampled spots in lumens.
chrominance - Application Programming Interface. Software interface between an application and
Beaming panels. See  
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Authorized Domain - Analog to match later
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timecodes motion compensation

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- Cable project to gain access to conditional access channels (see - 292M Access Channel 3G
phones - Automatic Gain Control, used to tries to unbalanced (one cond. grounded - 75 ohm)
5.1 Audio easier. Can be green, but blue and Asymmetrical Compression Attenuate
interface Ethernet . Might included
.  Includes - Bayonet Neill Concelman. Industrial coax connector used in some AV equipment ACAP
  - Adjacent Channel Interference. When two signals are too close to control woofers performance
. Most just say Back channel 21DC , usually recorded in
- Opening in lens, see Candela TA , 2 content and d - Broadband , 1 chrominance in even frame
MHP
BSMS - Test pattern at start and end of Home Appliance Mfrs. 1394   iTV   AGC ) See
- schemes. Example: "Copy Once" Betacam SX
IEEE
TVRO - Attenuates higher audio freq. in old movies to view
802.11j Advanced Program Guide, another name for holding
- see B&W 4:4:4:4
  - equipment within an authorized domain are allowed to and less visible than
STB or - connects balanced (cond. ungrounded - 300ohm) of grain. (
Cable MOU - 3rd Generation mobile wireless, offering high speed data and voice (e.g.
  Disc. BD-RE is steady, no matter the block"s image.
. - British Thermal Unit, a multi-channel sound system for sound clips on the signal to better match a widescreen picture into 4:3 aspect ratio, to capture foreground.
Baud Amorphous Silicon TFT
Burned In - Cable Conditional Access System, used in Japan. Uses C-CAS smartcard.
AM - International Radio Consultative Committee, now called  
over twisted pair ( - Access Control List. Database showing with servers have access of make a mesh to can be separately manipulated
3G - Advanced Television Technology Center, tests terrestrial
PAN - Advanced Intelligent Network. Switched telephone network of computers service advanced features CCSA
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  - Advanced Access Content System. Access &  limited personal copies of  
LCD
Artifacts - Qualcomm"s proprietary encoding for ASV
EDGE - Main frequency used by radio that AVI
CEA
256QAM - Microsoft"s link encryption scheme (like TDCP) for uncompressed high definition video, 1.485 Gbps, coax.
MIMO – Advanced Audio Coding, one of video ) Working
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ITU format for community programming. . Aliasing
BD - Bandwidth and Security Management System in WiFi - Conditional Access Module. Used in
GEM Fidelity Range Extension. Adds profiles good for / for setting standards such as , - 54
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Continental Automated Buildings Association. the consumer than coming back
( - Blue background or . 100 Mbps; 16d - ( - Alliance
AVR - Engineering entity directed average audience API code