Item | Description |
|---|---|
| AC | Alternating Current |
APEX | All Purpose Edge QAM |
ARP | Address Resolution Protocol |
ARPD | Advanced Return Path Demodulator |
BOOTP | Bootstrap Protocol |
CA | Conditional Access |
CAS | Conditional Access System |
CASMR | Conditional Access System Merely (Merely = made simple) |
CAST | CASMR Configuration Assistant |
CAT | Conditional Access Table |
CPU | Central Processing Unit |
CTE | Common Tier Encryption |
DAC | Digital Addressable Controller |
| DC | Direct Current |
ECM | Entitlement Control Message |
EMM | Entitlement Management Message |
ERM | Edge Resource Manager |
ESD | electrostatic discharge |
FW | Firmware |
GbE or GigE | Gigabit Ethernet |
GUI | graphical user interface |
HCT 1000 | Headend Configuration Tool 1000 |
HDM | Headend Device Manager |
| HTTP | Hypertext Transfer Protocol |
HTTPS | Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure |
ICMP | Internet Control Message Protocol |
IGMP | Internet Group Management Protocol |
IP | Internet Protocol |
IPPV | Impulse Pay-Per-View |
IRD | Integrated Receiver Decoder (Satellite IRD) |
ISV | Independent Software Vendor |
ITU | International Telecommunications Union |
JDK | JAVA® Development Kit |
JRE | JAVA® Runtime Environment |
LAN | local area network |
LED | light-emitting diode |
MAC | media access control |
MC | MediaCipher |
MIB | Management Information Base |
MPEG-2 | Moving Picture Expert Group2 |
MPS | Modular Processing System |
MPTS | Multi-Program Transport Stream |
MUX | Multiplex |
NTP | Network Time Protocol |
NCS | Network Control Server |
OAM&P | Operation, administration, maintenance, and provisioning (Ethernet port) |
OM 1000 / OM 2000 | Out-of-Band Modulator 1000 / Out-of-Band Modulator 2000 |
OOB | Out-of-band |
PAT | Program Association Table |
PC | Personal Computer |
PCAP | Packet Capture |
PCR | Program Clock Reference |
PDU | Packet Data Unit |
PID | Packet Identifier |
QAM | Quadrature Amplitude Modulation |
RADD | Remote Addressable DANIS/DLS |
REMUX | Remultiplex |
RF | Radio Frequency |
RPC | Remote Procedure Call |
RPD 1000 | Return Path Demodulator 1000 |
RSA | Return for Service Authorization |
RM | Resource Manager |
RTP | Real Time Protocol |
RTSP | Real Time Streaming Protocol |
RU | Rack Unit |
SCSI | Small Computer System Interface |
SDM | SmartStream Device Manager |
SDV | Switched Digital Video |
SEM | SmartStream Encryptor Modulator |
SEM-EM | SmartStream Encryptor Modulator Element Manager |
SNMP | Simple Network Management Protocol |
SNTP | Simple Network Time Protocol |
SPTS | Single Program Transport Stream |
SVM | Switched Video Manager |
SVOM | Switched Video Operations Manager |
TAC | Technical Assistance Center |
TCP | Transmission Control Protocol |
TCP/IP | Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol |
TFTP | Trivial File Transfer Protocol |
TS | Transport Stream |
U/C | Up Conversion |
UDP | User Datagram Protocol |
UDP/IP | User Datagram Protocol/Internet Protocol |
URL | Universal Resource Locator |
VOD | Video on Demand |
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