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 |