| Abbreviation |
Description |
| BLE |
Bluetooth Low Energy, also called Bluetooth Smart
(a wireless technology standard for exchanging low
bitrate data over short distances) |
| 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 HAL |
KreaTV Hardware Abstraction Layer |
| KreaTV TV Application Platform |
The platform supporting executing of applications |
| 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) |
| 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 |
