Name (Acronym) Technology Definitions

Audio/Video (AV) is an acronym used for Audio with Video, refering to any media containing both sound and moving picture.

Cardea WMDRM

CODEC is a program capable of performing encoding and decoding on a digital data stream or signal. The word codec may be a combination of any of the following: 'Compressor-Decompressor', 'Coder-Decoder', or 'Compression/Decompression algorithm'.
consumer electronics ce are electronic equipment intended for use by everyday people. Some categories of consumer electronics include telephones, audio equipment, televisions, calculators, and playback and recording of video media.
control point UPnP cp is a program that retrieves UPnP service and device descriptions, sends actions to services, and receives events from services.

Consumer Electronics (CE) are electronic equipment intended for use by everyday people. Some categories of consumer electronics include telephones, audio equipment, televisions, calculators, and playback and recording of video media.

Control Point (CP) UPnP is a program that retrieves UPnP service and device descriptions, sends actions to services, and receives events from services.

Copy Protection is any technical measure designed to prevent duplication of information. Copy protection is often emotionally debated, and is thought to sometimes infringe on some users' property rights: for example, the legal right to make a backup copy of a videotape they have purchased, to install and use computer software on multiple computers, or to upload their music into their digital audio player for easier access and listening.

Device Control Protocol (DCP) UPnP is a specification standardized by UPnP Forum. Each device is defined by a XML description and includes vendor-specific, manufacturer information like the model name and number, serial number, manufacturer name, URLs to vendor-specific web sites, etc. The description also includes a list of any embedded devices or services, as well as URLs for control, eventing, and presentation. For each service, the description includes a list of the commands, or actions, to which the service responds, and parameters, or arguments, for each action; the description for a service also includes a list of variables; these variables model the state of the service at run time, and are described in terms of their data type, range, and event characteristics.

Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) is a standard body of more than 350 companies in the consumer electronics, mobile and personal computer industries (Motorola, Philips, Samsung, Matsushita, Hewlett-Packard, Sony, Microsoft, Intel and Nokia). Its aim is to align the companies and have industry standards, which will allow products from all companies to be compatible with each other and to enable a network of electronic devices in the home. DLNA first released 1.0 requirement in 2004. DLNA 1.5 requirements were released in March 2006.
digital media adapter DMA act as bridges between two worlds, retrieving media over a network from a PC, and playing it through the existing audio and video equipment.

Digital Media Adapter (DMA) act as bridges between two worlds, retrieving media over a network from a PC, and playing it through the existing audio and video equipment. Digital Media Adapter belongs to the class of Digital Media Player in DLNA vocabulary.

Digital Media Controller (DMC) DLNA 1.5 is a device or program finding content exposed by a Digital Media Server and matching it to the rendering capabilities of a Digital Media Render and setting up the connections between the Digital Media Server and the Digital Media Renderer. See below use case defined by DLNA as 3 box control. DLNA 1.5 defines M-DMC, a DMC profile dedicated to mobile applications.

Digital Media Player DLNA (DMP) is a device or program finding content exposed by a Digital Media Server and rendering the content locally. See below use case defined by DLNA as 2 box pull. DLNA 1.5 defines M-DMP, a DMP profile dedicated to mobile applications.

Digital Media Printer DLNA 1.5 (DMPr) is a device or program providing document and image printing services to the other devices.

Digital Media Renderer UPnP AV, DLNA (DMR) is a device or program rendering content it receives after being setup by another network entity. See below use case defined by DLNA as 2 box push. DLNA 1.5 defines M-DMR, a DMR profile dedicated to mobile applications.

Digital Media Server UPnP AV, DLNA (DMS) is a device or program exposing and distributing content throughout the home. DLNA 1.5 defines M-DMS, a DMS profile dedicated to mobile applications

Digital Right Managements (DRM) is any of several technologies used by publishers (or copyright owners) to control access to and usage of digital data (such as software, music, movies) and hardware, handling usage restrictions associated with a specific instance of a digital work. The term often is confused with copy protection and technical protection measures. These two terms refer to technologies that control or restrict the use and access of digital media content on electronic devices with such technologies installed, acting as components of a DRM design.

Digital Transmission Content Protection over Internet Protocol (DTCPIP) is a specification for copy protection of copyrighted content that is transferred over digital interfaces in home networks that adhere to IP. Under this specification, digital content can be shared securely between devices in a user’s home but not shared with third-parties outside the home network. Using an authentication scheme, DTCP-IP allows the user to designate devices in the home network as trusted destinations that can transfer data back and forth, but DTCP-IP will not allow the content to be transmitted over the Internet to be shared outside of the home network.

Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) is a suite of internationally accepted, open standards for digital television maintained by the DVB Project, an industry consortium with more than 270 members, and published by a Joint Technical Committee (JTC) of European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (CENELEC) and European Broadcasting Union (EBU).

Digital Video Recorder (DVR) see PVR.

EPG (Electronic Program Guide) is an on-screen guide to scheduled broadcast television programs, allowing a viewer to navigate, select, and discover content by time, title, channel, genre, etc, by use of their remote control, or a keyboard.

ESG (Electronic Service Guide), see EPG.

GOD is to computer games as video on demand is to video rental or video purchase.

High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP) is a link protection developed by Intel Corporation to control digital audio and video content as it travels across Digital Visual Interface (DVI) or High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) connections. The HDCP specification is proprietary and an implementation of HDCP requires a license.

High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) is an all-digital audio/video interface capable of transmitting uncompressed streams. HDMI provides an interface between any compatible digital audio/video source, such as a set-top box, a DVD player, a PC, a video game system such as the PlayStation 3 or an AV receiver and a compatible digital audio and/or video monitor, such as a digital television (DTV).

HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is a request/response protocol between clients and servers. The originating client, such as a web browser, spider, or other end-user tool, is referred to as the user agent. The destination server, which stores or creates resources such as HTML files and images, is called the origin server. In between the user agent and origin server may be several intermediaries, such as proxies, gateways, and tunnels.

Internet Radio is a broadcasting service transmitted via the Internet. Not every internet "radio station" has a corresponding traditional radio station. Many internet radio stations are completely independent from traditional ("terrestrial") radio stations and broadcast only on the Internet. Broadcasting on the Internet is usually referred to as streaming.

Interactive Program Guide (IPG) , see EPG.

Janus WMDRM Codename for WMDRM for Portable Devices. See WMDRM.


Mobile Digital Media Uploader (M-DMU) DLNA 1.5 is a device DLNA class with mobile handheld environmental characteristics that allows to upload content to a Media server.

Media Center is a device adapted for playing music, watching movies and pictures stored on a local harddrive or on a network, watching DVD movies and often for watching and recording television broadcasts. Some software is capable of doing other tasks, such as finding news (RSS) from the internet. Media centers are operated with a remote control, connected to a television set for video output.

Media Center Extender see DMA.

(Media Interoperability Unit) M-MIU DLNA 1.5 is a device DLNA class that provides media format interoperability between mobile and stationnary devices.

Mobile Network Connectivity Function (M-NCF) DLNA 1.5 is a device DLNA class with mobile handheld environmental characteristics that provides interoperability by bridging the network connectivity layer between mobile and stationnary devices.

Multimedia Home Platform (MHP) is an open middleware system standard designed by the DVB project for interactive digital television. The MHP enables the reception and execution of interactive, Java-based applications on a TV-set. Applications can be delivered over the broadcast channel, together with audio and video streams. These applications can be for example information services, games, interactive voting, e-mail, sms or shopping. For all interactive applications an additional return channel is needed.

Music On Demand (MOD) A music distribution model conceived with the growth of two-way computing, telecommunications and the Internet in the early 1990's. Primarily, high-quality music is made available to purchase, access and playback using software on the Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows, set-top boxes and mobile devices from an available distribution point, such as a computer host or server located at a telephone, cable TV or wireless data center facility.

Multimedia Home Platform (MHP) is an open middleware system standard designed by the DVB project for interactive digital television. The MHP enables the reception and execution of interactive, Java-based applications on a TV-set. Applications can be delivered over the broadcast channel, together with audio and video streams. These applications can be for example information services, games, interactive voting, e-mail, sms or shopping. For all interactive applications an additional return channel is needed.

Network Attached Storage (NAS) is the name given to dedicated data storage technology that can be connected directly to a computer network to provide centralized data access and storage to heterogeneous network clients. NAS belongs to the class of Digital Media Server in DLNA vocabulary.

Network Music Player is a hardware device designed to play internet radio or digital audio streamed to it across a home network, either WiFi or Ethernet.

Networked Media Product Requirements (NMPR) is an open specification defined by Intel that includes UPnP AV, UPnP Remote User Interface, and DTCP IP link protection.

OMA DRM is a Digital Rights Management (DRM) system invented by the Open Mobile Alliance whose members represent the entire value chain, including mobile phone manufacturers, mobile system manufacturers, operators and IT companies.

Personal Video Recorder (PVR) is a device that records video without videotape to a hard drive-based digital storage medium. The term includes stand-alone set-top boxes and software for personal computers which enables video capture and playback to and from disk.

Quality of Services (QOS) refers to the probability of the telecommunication network meeting a given traffic contract, or in many cases is used informally to refer to the probability of a packet succeeding in passing between two points in the network within its desired latency period.

Reference Design refers to a technical blueprint of a system that is intended for others to copy. It contains the essential elements of the system; however, third parties may enhance or modify the design as required.

Remote UI UPnP

Residential Gateway is a hardware device that connects a home or small office network to the Internet. The residential gateway provides port translation (NAT) and allows all the computers in a small network to share one IP address and Internet connection. The residential gateway may sit between the modem and the internal network, or a DSL or cable modem may be integrated into the residential gateway. A residential gateway often combines the functions of an IP router, multi-port Ethernet switch and WiFi access point.

RTP is a network protocol for delivering audio and video. RTP does not guarantee real-time delivery of data, but provides mechanisms for the sending and receiving applications to support streaming data.

Set-Top Box connects to a television and some external source of signal, and turns the signal into content then displayed on the screen. The signal source might be an ethernet cable, a satellite dish, a coaxial cable, a telephone line, or even an ordinary VHF or UHF antenna. Content, in this context, could mean any or all of video, audio, Internet webpages, interactive games, or other possibilities. A set-top box does not necessarily contain a tuner of its own.

Streaming Media is media that is heard or viewed while it is being delivered. Streaming is more a property of the delivery system than the medium itself. The distinction is usually applied to media that are distributed over computer networks by streaming or file transfer; most other delivery systems are either inherently streaming (radio, television) or inherently non-streaming (books, video cassettes, audio CDs).

TMS320DM644x are the first processors based on DaVinci™ Technology. TMS320DM644x is a highly integrated SoC that is based on the TMS320C64x+™ DSP core, an ARM926 processor and includes video accelerators, networking peripherals and external memory/storage interfaces all specifically tuned for video.

UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) is an architecture for pervasive peer-to-peer network connectivity of intelligent devices, particularly within the home. UPnP performs device and service discovery and control through driverless, standards-based protocol mechanisms. Universal Plug and Play devices can automatically configure network addressing, announce their presence on a network subnet, and permit the exchange of device and service descriptions. UPnP defines three classes of devices: Audio/Video (AV), Internet Gateway Devices (IGD), Printers/Scanners, & Home Automation.

UPnP AV UPnP is an architecture for pervasive peer-to-peer network connectivity of intelligent devices, particularly within the home. UPnP performs device and service discovery and control through driverless, standards-based protocol mechanisms. Universal Plug and Play devices can automatically configure network addressing, announce their presence on a network subnet, and permit the exchange of device and service descriptions. The goals of UPnP are to allow devices to connect seamlessly and to simplify the implementation of networks in the home (data sharing, communications, and entertainment) and corporate environments. UPnP achieves this by defining and publishing UPnP Device Control Protocols built upon open, Internet-based communication standards UPnP defines three classes of devices: Audio/Video (AV), Internet Gateway Devices (IGD), Printers/Scanners, & Home Automation.

ViiV is a platform marketing initiative from Intel. Viiv is a computer platform certification for a particular combination of Intel products as its primary components. It is an open specification for an Intel-based Media Center PC, a super set of NMPR 2.1.

Video On Demand (VOD) allow users to select and watch video content over a network as part of an interactive television system. VOD systems either "stream" content, allowing viewing while the video is being downloaded, or "download" it in which the program is brought in its entirety to a set-top box before viewing starts.

Windows Media Digital Right Management 10 (WMDRM) is Microsoft implementation of digital right management. Itcovers two different uses: Portable Devices (PD, alias Janus) and Network Devices (ND, alias Cardea). PD is a digital right management technology stricto sensu, whereas ND is a link protection technology.

Wireless Multimedia Extensions (WMM) WiFi is a Wi-Fi Alliance interpretability certification, based on the IEEE 802.11e draft standard. It provides basic Quality of service (QoS) features to IEEE 802.11 networks. WMM prioritizes traffic according to 4 AC (Access Categories) - voice, video, best effort, and background. However, it does not provide guaranteed throughput.

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