Glossary

Abbreviations

Abbreviation Description
CSS Cascaded Style Sheets (defines attributes for objects in HTML, etc.)
DOM Document Object Model (used for navigation on HTML-sites by JavaScript)
DRM Digital Rights Management (protection of digital items, e.g. streaming media)
ECMA European Computer Manufacturers Association
ECMAScript JavaScript (standard), a general purpose, cross platform programming language
EPG Electronic Program Guide
GIF Graphics Interchange Format (file format for digital images)
HAL Hardware Abstraction Layer
HTML Hypertext Markup Language (programming language for websites)
HTTP Hypertext Transport Protocol
HTTPS HTTP over SSL (secure HTTP)
IPG Interactive Program Guide
IP-STB IP based STB
IPTV IP based TV
ITV Interactive TV
JPEG Joint Picture Experts Group (a standard algorithm for compression of digital images)
KreaTV Configuration Server Server for distribution of boot image and configuration to KreaTV IP-STBs
KreaTV Dynamic Download Software (IIPs) can be downloaded into IP-STBs at runtime, which enables rapid development and rollout of new services. It also facilitates runtime registration, installation and activation of applications.
KreaTV HAL KreaTV Hardware Abstraction Layer
KreaTV TV Application Platform The platform supporting executing of applications
KreaTV TV Application Suite The set of applications provided by KreaTV (TV, VoD, Web, Portal, Settings, Navigator, Teletext)
KreaTV TV Software The complete set of software provided by KreaTV
KreaTV SDK KreaTV Software Development Kit
MHP Multimedia Home Platform (DVB standard)
MIME Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension
MPEG Moving Pictures Experts Group (coding standard for audio and video)
MP3 MPEG-1 layer 3 (audio standard)
MP@ML Main Profile at Main Level (definition of MPEG format, see above)
NTSC National Television Standards Committee (mostly northern American TV standard)
OGF Oracles proprietary protocol for transmission of video content
OSD On Screen Display
PAL Phase Alternating Lane (European TV standard)
PID MPEG-2 packet identifier
PiG Picture in Graphics
PiP Picture in Picture
PKI Public Key Infrastructure (the collective name of all components needed for implementing secure services)
PNG Portable Network Graphics (file format)
PPP Point-to-Point Protocol (protocol for TCP/IP connections via modem)
PPPoE PPP over Ethernet
RGB Red Green Blue (video signal format)
RTP Real Time Protocol (layer 4 (transport) protocol, used for transmitting VoD or streaming content, point-to-multipoint capable)
RTSP Real Time Stream control Protocol an application layer protocol for controlling delivery of a real-time multimedia content, commonly used with on demand services
SCART Syndicat des Constructeurs d'Appareils Radiorécepteurs et Téléviseurs (interconnection between two pieces of audiovisual equipment)
SDP Session Description Protocol (used to describe streaming content)
SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol
SPDIF Sony Philips Digital Interface, used for digital audio
SSL Secure Socket Layer
STB Set Top Box
SVG Scalable Vector Graphics
TCP Transport Control Protocol (layer 4 protocol, point-to-point connections only)
TFTP Trivial File Transfer Protocol (protocol for downloading boot images to diskless computers)
TLS Transport Layer Security (standard variant of SSL)
UDP User Datagram Protocol (layer 4 protocol, point-to-multipoint capable, used for different types of transmission)
URI Uniform Resource Identifier
VoD Video on Demand (a way of ordering videos from a server with a library of stored videos in some kind of format)
VoIP Voice over IP
XML eXtended Markup Language
XML-RPC Remote procedure call using XML as encoding