| 1D |
One-dimensional |
| 2D |
Two-dimensional |
| 3D |
Three-dimensional |
| 3DAV
|
3D Audio and Video |
| 3G |
Third
Generation (mobile) |
| 3GPP |
Third
Generation Partnership Program |
| 8VSB |
8
Vestigial Side Band |
| AAC
|
Advanced
Audio Coding |
| AAL |
ATM
Adaptation Layer |
| ACATS |
Advisory
Committee on Advanced Television Services |
| ACL |
Agent
Communication Language |
| ACM |
Association of Computing Machinery |
| ACTS |
Advanced
Communication Technologies and Services |
| A/D
|
Analogue-to-Digital |
| AES
|
Audio
Engineering Society |
| AFX
|
Animation
Framework eXtension |
| AHG |
Ad
Hoc Group |
| AHRA |
Audio
Home Recording Act |
| ADSL |
Asymmetric
Digital Subscriber Line |
| aka |
also
known as |
| AMS |
Agent
Management System |
| AOE |
Applications
and Operational Environments |
| AP |
Agent
Platform |
| API |
Application
Programming Interfaces |
| ARPA |
Advanced
Research Projects Agency |
| ASCII |
American
Standard Code for Information Interchange |
| ASP |
Advanced
Simple Profile |
| ATL |
Accredited
Testing Laboratories |
| ATM |
Asynchronous
Transfer Mode |
| ATSC |
Advanced
Television Systems Committee |
| ATV |
Advanced
Television |
| AU |
Access
Unit |
| AV
|
Audio-Visual |
| AVC |
Advanced
Video Coding |
| BAP |
Body
Animation Parametre |
| BBS |
Bulletin
Board Systems |
| BC
|
Backward
Compatible |
| BDP |
Body
Definition Parametre |
| BE |
Bandwidth
Extension |
| BIFS |
Binary
Format for MPEG-4 Scenes |
|
BiM |
Binary format for MPEG-7 data |
| BoD |
Board
of Directors |
| CA |
Conditional
Access |
| CATV |
Community
Antenna Television |
| CC |
Compact
Cassette |
| CCIF |
Comité
Consultatif International Téléfonique |
| CCIT |
Comité
Consultatif International Télégraphique |
| CCITT |
Comité
Consultatif International Téléphonique et Télégraphique |
| CCIR |
Comité
Consultatif International pour les Radiocommunications |
| CD |
Committee
Draft |
| CD |
Compact
Disc |
| CD-i |
Compact
Disc Interactive |
| CD-ROM |
CD-Read
Only Memory |
| CDMA |
Code
Division Multiple Access |
| CE |
Consumer
Electronics |
| CE |
Core
Experiment |
| CEC |
Commission
of the European Communities |
| CELP |
Code
Excited Linear Predictive |
| CEN
|
Comité
Européen de Normalisation |
| CEPT |
Conférence
Européenne des Postes et Télécommunications |
| CfE |
Call
for Evidence |
| CfP |
Call
for Proposals |
| CG |
Computer
Graphics |
| CGA
|
Colour
Graphic Adaptor |
| CI |
Common
Interface |
| CIF |
Common
Intermediate Format |
| CISAC |
Confédération Internationale des
Sociétés des Auteurs et des Compositeurs |
| CMTT |
Commission
Mixte pour les Transmission Télévisuelles et Sonores |
| CLI |
Command Line Interface |
| CM |
Commercial
Module |
| COFDM |
Coded
Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing |
| COM |
Component
Object Model |
| COMIS |
Coding
of Moving Images for Storage |
| CORBA |
Common
Object Request Broker Architecture |
| COST |
Collaboration
Scientifique et Technique |
| CP |
Content
Provider |
| CPS |
Constrained
Parameter Set |
| CPU |
Central
Processing Unit |
| CPS
|
Content Provider System |
| CP/M |
Control
Program for Microcomputers |
| CR |
Conditional
Replenishment |
| CRT |
Cathode
Ray Tube |
| CS |
Coding
Scheme |
| CS |
Computer
Science |
| CSS |
Cascading
Style Sheet Language |
| CSS |
Content
Scrambling System |
| CW |
Control
Word |
| D |
Descriptor |
| DAB |
Digital
Audio Broadcasting |
| DAI |
DMIF
Application Interface |
| DAPA |
Digital
Audio and Picture Architecture |
| DARPA |
Defense
Advanced Research Projects Agency |
| DAT |
Digital
Audio Tape |
| DAVIC |
Digital
Audio-Visual Council |
| DB |
Decoding
Buffers |
| DC |
Digital
Communication |
| DCC |
Digital
Compact Cassette |
| DCOM |
Distributed
Component Object Model |
| DCT |
Discrete
Cosine Transform |
| DDL |
Description
Definition Language |
| DF |
Directory
Facilitator |
| DI |
Digital
Item |
| DIA |
Digital
Item Adaptation |
| DID |
Digital
Item Declaration |
| DIDL |
Digital Item Declaration Language |
| DII |
Digital
Item Identification |
| DIM |
Digital
Item Method |
| DIP |
Digital
Item Processing |
| DK |
Disk
Key |
| DM |
Digital
Media |
| DMP |
Digital
Media Project |
| DMT |
Digital
Media Technologies |
| DMCA |
Digital
Millennium Copyright Act |
| DMIF |
Delivery
Multimedia Integration Framework |
| DMP |
Digital
Media Project |
| DMR |
Digital
Media Revolution |
| DNS |
Domain
Name System |
| DoD |
Department
of Defense |
| DPCM |
Differential
Pulse Code Modulation |
| DPI |
Dot
Per Inch |
| DRM |
Digital Rights Management |
| DS |
Description
Scheme |
| DSM |
Digital
Storage Media |
| DSM-CC |
Digital
Storage Media Command and Control |
| DSP |
Digital
Signal Processor |
| DT
|
Description
Tools |
| DT |
Digital
Technologies |
| DTD |
Document
Type Definition |
| DTS |
Decoding
Time Stamp |
| DVB |
Digital
Video Broadcasting |
| DVD |
Digital
Versatile Disc |
| DVS |
Digital
Video Recorder |
| D/A |
Digital
to Analogue |
| E2E |
End-to-End |
| EBU
|
European
Broadcasting Union |
| EC |
Executive
Committee |
| ECM |
Entitlement
Control Messages |
| ECMA |
European
Computer Manufacturers Association |
| EG |
Expert
Group |
|
EGA |
Enhanced
Graphic Adaptor |
| EMM |
Entitlement
Management Messages |
| EN |
European
Norm |
| EPG |
Electronic
Program Guide |
| ER |
Event
Reporting |
| ES |
Elementary
Stream |
| ESI |
Elementary
Stream Interface |
| ESPRIT |
European
Strategic Program of Research and development in Information Technology |
| ETSI |
European
Telecommunication Standards Institute |
| EURASIP |
European
Signal Processing Association |
| FAB |
Face
and Body Animation |
| FAP |
Face
Animation Parametre |
| FCC |
Federal
Communication Commission |
| FCD |
Final
Committee Draft |
| FDIS |
Final
Draft International Standard |
| FDP |
Facial
Definition Parametre |
| FDM
|
Frequency
Division Multiplexing |
| FGS |
Fine
Granularity Scalability |
| FIFO |
First
In First Out |
| FIPA |
Foundation
for Intelligent Physical Agents |
| FM |
Frequency
Modulation |
| FPS
|
Fast Packet Switching |
| FR |
Functional Requirements |
| FTP |
File
Transfer Protocol |
| FTTC |
Fiber
to the Curb |
| GA |
General
Assembly |
|
GIF |
Graphics Interchange Format |
| GNU |
Gnu's
Not Unix |
| GOB |
Group of Block |
| GOP |
Group of Pictures |
| GPL |
General
Public License |
| GPRS |
General Packet Radio Services |
| GPU
|
General Postal Union |
| GSM |
Global
System for Mobile/Groupe Spécial Mobile |
| GUI |
Graphical
User Interface |
| HDLC |
High-level
Data Link Control |
| HD-MAC |
High Definition MAC |
| HDTV |
High
Definition Television |
| HFC |
Hibrid
Fiber Coax |
| HoD |
Head
of Delegation |
| HTML
|
HyperText
Markup Language |
| HTTP
|
HyperText
Transport Protocol |
| HVXC
|
Harmonic
Vector eXcitation Coding |
| IAB |
Internet
Activities Board |
| IAB |
Internet
Architecture Board |
| IC |
Integrated
Circuit |
| ICANN |
Internet
Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers |
| ICASSP |
International
Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing |
| ICCB |
Internet
Configuration Control Board |
| ICIP |
International
Conference on Image Processing |
| ICT |
Information
and Communication Technologies |
| IDL |
Interface
Description Language |
| IEC |
International
Electrotechnical Commission |
| IESG |
Internet
Engineering Steering Group |
| IETF |
Internet
Engineering Task Force |
| IMS-1 |
Interactive
Multimedia Services at 1 Mbit/s |
| IMP |
Interface
Message Processor |
| IP |
Internet
Protocol |
| IP |
Intellectual
Property |
| IPI |
Intellectual
Property Identification |
| IPMP |
Intellectual Property Management and Protection |
| IPMP-D |
IPMP-Descriptors |
| IPMP-ES |
IPMP-Elementary
Streams |
| IPMP-H |
IPMP Hooks |
| IPMP-S |
IPMP-Systems |
| IPMP-X |
IPMP eXtensions |
| IPR |
Intellectual
Property Rights |
| IS |
International
Standard |
| ISAN |
International Standard
Audiovisual Number |
| ISBN |
International Standard Book Numbering |
| ISDB |
Integrated
Services Digital Broadcasting |
| ISDN |
Integrated
Service Digital Network |
| ISG |
Implementation
Studies Group |
| ISMA |
Internet
Streaming Media Association |
| ISO |
International
Organisation for Standardisation |
| ISP |
Internet
Service Providers |
| ISRC |
International Standard Recording Code |
| ISSN |
International
Standard Serial Number |
| ISWC |
International Standard Musical
Work Code |
| IT |
Information
Technology |
| ITA |
Industry
Technical Agreement |
| ITSCJ |
Information Technology Standards
Committee of Japan |
| ITTF |
Information
Technology Task Force |
| ITU |
International
Telecommunication Union |
| ITU-R |
International
Telecommunication Union - Radiocommunication Sector |
| ITU-T |
International
Telecommunication Union - Telecommunication Sector |
| IVICO |
Integrated
Video Codec |
| I/O |
Input/Output |
| JADE
|
Java
Agent Development Environment |
| JBIG |
Joint
BIlevel Experts Group |
| JCP |
Java
Community Process |
| JPEG |
Joint
ISO-CCITT Photographic Coding Experts Group |
| JSPA |
Java
Specification Agreement |
| JSR |
Java
Specification Request |
| JTC
1 |
Joint
ISO/IEC Technical Committee 1 |
| JVT |
Joint
Video Team |
| LAN |
Local
Area Network |
| LC |
Low
Complexity |
| LCM |
Licensing
Compliant Module |
| LD |
Laser
Disc |
|
LGPL |
Lesser
General Public License |
| LOD
|
Level Of Detail |
| LP |
Long
Playing |
| LSB |
Least
Significant Bit |
| LSI |
Large
Scale Integration |
| M3W |
Multimedia
Middleware |
| M4IF |
MPEG-4
Industry Forum |
| MAC |
Multiplexed
Analogue Components |
| MC |
Management
Committee |
| MC
|
Motion
Compensation |
| MCU
|
MultiConference
Unit |
| MDS |
Multimedia
Description Schemes |
| MHEG |
Multimedia
and Hypermedia Experts Group |
| MHP |
Multimedia
Home Platform |
| MIDI |
Musical Instrument Digital Interface |
| MIME |
Multipurpose Internet Mail
Extensions |
| MIPS |
Million
Instructions Per Second |
| ML |
Main
Level |
| HMI |
Human-Machine
Interaction |
| MMS |
Multimedia
Message Service |
| MOD |
Media
Object Decoder |
| MP |
Main
Profile |
| MP3 |
MPEG-1
Audio Layer III |
| MP7A |
MPEG-7
Alliance |
| MPEG |
Moving
Picture Experts Group |
| MPT |
Ministry
of Post and Telecommunication |
| MSB |
Most
Significant Bit |
| MS-DOS |
Microsoft
Disk Operating System |
| MSI |
Medium
Scale Integration |
| MTS |
Message
Transport System |
|
MUSE |
Multiple
Sub-Nyquist Encoding |
| MUW |
Multi
User World |
| MW |
Medium
Wave |
| MXF |
Material
eXchange Format |
| NAB |
National
Association of Broadcasters |
| NASA |
National
Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| NB |
National
Body |
| NBC
|
Non-Backward Compatible |
| NCP |
Network
Control Protocol |
| NP |
New
Project |
| NSF |
National
Science Foundation |
| NT |
New
Technology |
| NTSC |
National
Television System Committee |
| ODA |
Open
Document Architecture |
| OEM |
Original
Equipment Manufacturer |
| OMG |
Object
Management Group |
| OPIMA |
Open
Platform Initiative for Multimedia Access |
| ORB |
Object
Request Broker |
| OS |
Operating
System |
| OS |
Open
Source |
| OSF |
Open
Software Foundation |
| OSI |
Open
Software Initiative |
| OSI |
Open
System Interconnection |
| OSS |
Open
Source Software |
| OTA |
Over
The Air |
| OVM |
OPIMA
Virtual Machine |
| P2P |
Peer-to-Peer |
| PA |
Public
Authority |
| PAL |
Phase
Alternating Lines |
| PAS |
Publicly
Available Specifications |
| PC |
Personal
Computers |
| PCM |
Pulse
Code Modulation |
| PCS |
Picture
Coding Symposium |
| PD |
Portable
Device |
| PDA |
Personal
Digital Assistant |
| PES |
Packetised
Elementary Streams |
| PIN
|
Personal Identification Number |
| PK |
Player
Key |
| PN |
Pseudo
random Noise |
| PNG |
Portable Network Graphics |
| PPD |
Proposal
Package Description |
| PS |
Program Stream |
| PTS |
Presentation
Time Stamps |
| PTT |
Post,
Telephone and Telegraph |
| QAM |
Quadrature
Amplitude Modulation |
| QoS |
Quality
of Service |
| QPSK |
Quadrature
Phase Shift Keying |
| RA |
Registration
Authority |
| RACE |
Research
& development on Advanced Communication for Europe |
| RAM |
Random
Access Memory |
| RAND |
Reasonable
terms And Non Discriminatory conditions |
| RDD |
Rights
Data Dictionary |
| REL |
Rights
Expression Language |
| RFC |
Request
for Comments |
| RGB |
Red
Green and Blue |
| RM |
Reference
Model |
| RMI |
Remote
Method Invocation |
| ROI |
Return
on Investments |
| RTI |
Real-Time
Interface |
| RTP |
Real
Time Protocol |
| SA |
Structured
Audio |
| SAC
|
Secure Authenticated Channel |
| SAPI |
SOMMIT
API |
| SB |
Steering
Board |
| SBC
|
Subband
Coding |
| SC |
Subcommittee |
| SC |
Steering
Committee |
| SCART |
Syndicat
des Constructeurs d'Appareils Radio et Télévision |
| SCMS |
Serial
Copy Management System |
| SCR |
Systems
Clock Reference |
| SDM |
System
Decoder Model |
| SDMI |
Secure
Digital Music Initiative |
| SDO |
Standards
Developing Organisations |
| SDTV |
Standard
Definition Television |
| SECAM |
Séquentiel
à Mémoire |
| SG |
Study
Group |
| SGML |
Standard
Generalised Markup Language |
| SI |
Service
Information |
| SIF |
Standard
Image Format |
| SIGGRAPH |
Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics |
| SIM |
Subscriber
Identification Module |
| SK |
Service
Key |
| SLPI |
Software
Library Portability Interface |
| SM |
Simulation
Model |
| SMIL |
Synchronized
Multimedia Integration Language |
| SMS |
Short Message Service |
| SNHC |
Synthetic
and Natural Hybrid Coding |
| SNR |
Signal-to-Noise
Ratio |
| SOMMIT |
Software
Open Multi-Media Interactive Terminal |
| SMPTE |
Society of Motion Pictures and
Television Engineers |
| SP |
Service
Provider |
| SP |
Signal
Processing |
| SP |
Simple
Profile |
| SPAC |
Strategic
Planning Advisory Committee |
| SPS |
Service Provider System |
| SRM
|
Session and Resource Manager |
| SSR
|
Scaleable
Sampling Rate |
| SSS |
Shared-Source
Software |
| STB |
Set
Top Box |
| STC |
Systems
Time Clock |
| SUS |
Service User System |
| STD |
Systems
Target Decoder |
| SVC |
Scalable Video Coding |
| SVG |
Simple
Vector Graphics |
| SW |
Short
Wave |
| MW |
Medium
Wave |
| TC |
Technical
Committee |
| TCK |
Technology
Compatibility Kit |
| TCP |
Transmission-Control
Protocol |
| TDM
|
Time
Division Multiplexing |
| TDMA |
Time
Division Multiple Access |
| TINA
|
Telecommunication
Information Networking Architecture |
| TK |
Title
Key |
| TLD |
Top Level Domain |
| TM |
Technical
Module |
| TM |
Test
Model |
| TPM |
Technological
Protection Measure |
| TR |
Technical
Report |
| TS |
Time
Slot |
| TS |
Transport
Stream |
| TTS |
Text-To-Speech |
| TTSI |
TTS
Interface |
| TVA |
TV Anytime Forum |
| UDP |
User Datagram Protocol |
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