ADPCM |
Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulation |
API |
Application Programming Interface |
ARP |
Address Resolution Protocol |
ARQ |
Automatic Repeat Request |
ATM |
Asynchronous Transfer Mode |
BISDN |
Broadband ISDN |
BNC |
Bayonet, Non-Continuous |
bps |
bits per second |
BRI |
Basic Rate Interface |
BTC |
Block Truncation Coding |
CBT |
Core Based Trees |
CellB |
Sun video compression method |
CELP |
Code Excited Linear Predictive Coding |
CIF |
Common Intermediate Format |
CODEC |
Coder - Decoder |
CSMA/CD |
Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Detection |
CST |
Constrained Steiner Trees |
DCT |
Discrete Cosine Transform |
DNS |
Domain Name Server |
DVI |
Digital Video Interactive |
DVMRP |
Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol |
FDDI |
Fiber Dual Distributed Interface |
FEC |
Forward Error Correction |
fps |
frames per second |
FST |
Fast Slant Transform |
FST |
Fast Slant Transform |
ftp |
file transfer protocol |
GSM |
Groupe Speciale Mobile |
GSTN |
Global Standard Telephone Network |
Hz |
Hertz |
IETF |
Internet Engineering Task Force |
IGMP |
Internet Group Management Protocol |
ILS |
Internet Locator Server |
IMTC |
International Multimedia Teleconferencing Consortium |
IP |
Internet Protocol |
ISDN |
Integrated Service Digital Network |
ITU |
International Telecommunication Union |
ITU-T |
Telecommunication Standardization Sector of the ITU |
JPEG |
Joint Photographic Experts Group |
LAN |
Local Area Network |
LDAP |
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol |
LD-CELP |
Low Delay CELP |
LPC |
Linear Predictive Coding |
MBone |
Multicast Backbone |
MCU |
Multi point Control Unit |
MJPEG |
Motion JPEG |
MOSPF |
Multicast Open Shortest Path First |
NTSC |
National Television Standards Committee |
OSPF |
Open Shortest Path First |
PAL |
Phase Alternation Line |
PCM |
Pulse Code Modulation |
PCS |
Personal Conferencing Standard |
PCWG |
Personal Conferencing Working Group |
PIM |
Protocol Independent Multicast |
PIM - DM |
Protocol Independent Multicast Dense Model |
PIM - SM |
Protocol Independent Multicast Sparse Model |
POTS |
Plain Old Telephone Service |
PRI |
Primary Rate Interface |
PSDN |
Packet Switched Digital Network |
PSTN |
Public Switched Telephone Network |
PVP |
Packet Voice Protocol |
QCIF |
Quarter CIF |
RFC |
Request For Comments |
RIP |
Routing Information Protocol |
RPB |
Reverse Path Broadcasting |
RPE-LPC |
Regular Pulse Excited Linear Predictive Code |
RPM |
Reverse Path Multicasting |
RTCP |
Real Time Control Protocol |
RTP |
Real Time Protocol |
SECAM |
Sequential Coleur a Memoire |
SMS |
Short Message Service |
SPT |
Shortest Path Trees |
S-Video |
Separate Video |
TCP |
Transmission Control Protocol |
TRPB |
Truncated Reverse Path Broadcasting |
ttl |
time to live |
UDP |
User Datagram Protocol |
URL |
Uniform Resource Locator |
VCR |
Video Cassette Recorder |
WAN |
Wide Area Network |
WWW |
World Wide Web |