Terms and Abbreviations: D

Terms and Abbreviations: D


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D

DA

distribution amplifier

DAB

digital audio broadcasting

DAB-IP

digital audio broadcasting with an IP application

DAS

direct attached storage

DASE

DTV Application Software Environment

DAT

digital audiotape

DAVIC

Digital Audio Visual Council

DAW

digital audio workstation

dB

decibel

dBFS

decibels full scale

DBS

direct broadcast satellite

DC

direct current

DCAS

downloadable conditional-access system

DCC

directed channel change

DCI

Digital Cinema Initiative

DCT

discrete cosine transform

DDR

digital disk recorder

DENG

Digital ENG

DES

Data Encryption Standard

DF

delay factor

DFS

dynamic frequency selection

DHCP

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

DI

digital intermediates

DiffServ, DF

differentiated services

DLP

Digital Light Processing

DLR

Dynamic Language Runtime

DLT

digital linear tape

DM

descriptive metadata

DMA

designated market area

DMB

digital multimedia broadcasting

DMB-T

1) digital multimedia broadcasting for television (Chinese standard)
2) formerly used for the Korean standard now called T-DMB

DMD

1) Digital Micromirror Device (Texas Instruments trademark)
2) Digital Mirror Device

DMIF

Digital Multimedia Integration Framework
variant Delivery Multimedia Integration Framework

DMOS difference mean opinion score

DMS

descriptive metadata scheme

DMT

1) a company name
2) discrete multitone

DMZ

demilitarized zone (computer networking)

DNS

Domain Name System

DOCSIS 3.0

Data Over Cable Service Specification version 3.0

DOF

depth of field

DP

director of photography

DPCM

differential pulse code modulation

DPI

1) digital program insertion
2) dots per inch

DRM

digital rights management

DS3, T3 line

Digital Signal 3
variant a digital signal level T-3 carrier

DSL

digital subscriber line

DSLAM

DSL access multiplexer

DSM-CC

digital storage media command and control

DSNG

digital satellite newsgathering

DSP

digital signal processing/processor

DTCP

Digital Transmission Content Protection

DTE

Direct-to-Edit

DTH

direct-to-home

DTM

Dynamic Synchronous Transfer Mode

DTMB

Digital Television Multimedia Broadcast

DTMF

dual-tone multifrequency

DTS

1) Digital Theater Sound/System is a format owned by DTS (Digital Theater Systems)
2) a digital entertainment company
3) distributed transmission system

DTT

digital terrestrial television

DTV

digital television

D/U,DUR desired-to-undesired ratio

DV

digital video

DVB

Digital Video Broadcasting (Project)

DVB-C

DVB Cable

DVB-CI

DVB Common Interface

DVB-CSA

DVB Common Scrambling Algorithm

DVB-H

DVB Handheld

DVB-M

DVB Mobile

DVB-RCT

DVB Return Channel Terrestrial

DVB-S

DVB Satellite

DVB-S2

DVB Satellite, second generation

DVB-SI

DVB Service Information

DVB-SIM

DVB Simulcrypt

DVB-T

DVB Terrestrial

DVB-T2

DVB Terrestrial, second generation

DVB-TVA

DVB TV-Anytime

DVD-A

DVD-Audio

DV-DIF

Digital Video Interface Format

DVE

digital video effects

DVI

Digital Visual Interface

DVI-D

DVI-Digital

DVI-I

DVI-Integrated

DVR

digital video recorder

DWDM

dense wavelength division multiplexing