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AC
ACTS (Advanced Communication Technologys and Services
Actuator
ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line)
AFD ( Active Format Descriptor)
AM
Amplifier
Analogue
Anamorphic
Antenna
API (Application Program Interface)
ASA
ASHA
Astra
ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode)
ATT:
Attenuator
Audio Description Broadcasters
AV
Azimuth
B
Band Pass Filter
Bandwidth
BAT (Bouquet Association Table)
Ber
Bit
Blue-Tooth
Broadband
C
C-Band
CA (Conditional Access)
CAM:
CATV
Centre Cut-Out
CI:
Coaxial
Common interface (CI)
Communial System
Conax
Conditional Access (CA)
Copy Protection
Coverage
D
D-CAB
D-SAT
DAVIC (Digital Audio Video Council)
DC
DCT (Discrete Cosine Transform)
Decoder
Demodulator
DigiTAG
Diplexer
DiSEqC
Dish
DMux Group
DOCSIS (Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification)
DOG:
Dolby Digital
Downlink
DSB
DSL (xDSL)
DSM-CC (Digital Storage Media, Command and Control)
DTG
DTT:
DTV
DVB
DVB:
DVD
DVD-R (DVD-RW)
DVI
DVR
Dynamic Multiplexing
E
ECM (Entitlement Control Message)
EIT (Event Information Table)
Elevation
Encryption
Enhanced Data Broadcast
Enhanced TV
EPG:
ERP:
ESG (Electronic Service Guide)
ETSI (The European Telecommunications Standards Institute)
Event Timer
F
F Connector
FEC:
Feedhorn
Firewire
Fixed-dish
Freeview
Freeview Adapter
FTA:
FTV:
G
GPRS (General Packet Radio Service)
H
HAVi (Home Audio/Video Interoperability)
HD Ready
HDCP
HDD
HDMI
HDTV:
Horizon-to-Horizon
Hotspot
HTML (Hypertext Mark-up Language)
i
iDTV:
I
Impulsive Noise
Interoperability
IRD
IST (Information Society Technologies)
ITC:
J
Java
Joint Stereo
JPEG (Joint Picture Expert Group)
K
Ku-band
L
Letterbox
LNB
LNC
Loopthrough
M
Macrovision
Magnetic Polariser
MATV
MCPC
MDU
Mechanical Polariser
MHEG-5
MHEG:
Modem
Modulator
MOTIVATE (Mobile Television and Innovative Receivers)
MPEG:
Multi-satellite system
Multiplex
Multiplex Operator
MUX:
N
Navigation
NICAM:
NIT ( Network Information Table)
Noise Figure
Non-Subsidised Digibox
Now and Next
NTSC
NVOD (Near Video on Demand)
O
ODFM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex)
P
P1934
PAL
PAL:
Parental Control
Pause Point
Pay-Per-View
PCMCIA
Phono
POF (Plastic Optical Fibre)
Polar Mount
Polariser
Polarity
Positioner
POTS and PANS
Present and Next
PSB
PSU
PVR
Q
QAM:
R
RGB:
RSL:
RST (Running Status Table)
S
S-video Output
Safe Area
SCART:
SCPC
Scrambling
SDMI (Secure Digital Music Initiative)
SDN:
SDT (Service Description Table)
Service Id
SFN (Single Frequancy Network)
Shoot and Protect
SI (Service Information)
Signing
Simulcrypt
Skew
Smart Card
SMATV
SMC - SMS (Subscriber Management Centre - SMS Subscriber Management System)
Stat MUX:
StatMux (Statistical Multiplexing)
STB
Subsidised Digibox
T
TDM:
TDT (Time and Date Table)
Terrestial Broadcasters
Threshold
Transponder
Twin Tuner
U
UHF
Unit Secret Key
V
VBR
Viacces
Viewer Preference
Virtual Machine
VOD (Video on Demand)
Voltage Switched LNB
VSB
W
WebTV
Widescreen
X
XML (eXtensible Markup Language)
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