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Abbreviations and acronyms – Motorola DCP501 User Manual

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DC P5 01 Us er Guide

A b b r e v i a t i o n s a n d A c r o n y m s

A/V

Audio/Video

AM

Amplitude Modulation

CATV

Cable TV

CD

Compact Disc

CSR

Customer Service Representative

DAT

Digital Audio Tape

DCP

Digital Convergence Platform

DCT 2000

Digital Consumer Terminal 2000

DTS

Digital Theater Systems. Sound system created by Digital Theater Systems, Inc. to rival
Dolby Digital 5.1

DVD

Digital Versatile Disk

EMM

entitlement management message(s)

EPG

Electronic Program Guide

FM

Frequency Modulation

HRC

harmonically related carriers

IPG

interactive program guide

IPPV

Impulse Pay-Per-View

IR

Infra-Red

IR Blaster

Infrared Blaster

IRC

incrementally related carriers

kH

Kilo Hertz, thousand of cycles. For the DCP, refers to the frequency of sounds that you can
hear and transmission frequencies of AM radio stations.

LD

Laser Disk

LFE

Low Frequency Effect

MHz

Mega Hertz

mp3

See MPEG-1

MPAA

Motion Picture Association of America

MPAA

Motion Picture Advisory Association

MPEG-1

Moving Pictures Expert Group standard 1, designed for coding progressive video at a
transmission rate of 1.5Mbps, designed for Video-CD and CD-i. MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3
(mp3) evolved from this.

MPEG-2

Moving Pictures Expert Group standard 2, designed for coding interlaced images at rates
greater than 4Mbps. Used for digital and high definition television broadcast.

NTSC

National Television Standards Committee

NVOD

Near Video on Demand

NVRAM

Non-volatile random-access memory

OSD

On Screen Display