DASH / MPEG DASH
Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP: https://www.iso.org/standard/79329.html
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DDoS
Distributed Denial of Service – A large volume of malicious network traffic is sent to a service in order to deny access to that service by legitimate users.
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Digital Right Management
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The 2nd generation of DVB digital satellite broadcast.
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The 2nd generation of DVB digital terrestrial broadcast.
Read articleElectronic Programming Guide (EPG)
Electronic Programming Guide (EPG) is a digital guide that displays information about current and upcoming content on cable, satellite or streaming channels. At a glance an EPG will…
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Electronic Sell-Through – The purchase, rather than rental, of a title.
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Forensic Watermarking – Embeds an invisible watermark within the video delivered to a user, which allows the user to be uniquely identified.
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Google Quick UDP Internet Connections
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Globally Unique Identifier
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High Definition video – “HD” usually refers to 720p content, “Full HD” refers to 1080p content.
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High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection – Encrypts digital media on the external output of consumer devices. It is most commonly used on HDMI connections to external displays.
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High-Definition Multimedia Interface – Interface for transmitting uncompressed digital media to an external display device.
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Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure
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ICY is an HTTP-based protocol and header (used by internet radio servers like Icecast and SHOUTcast) embedded within the audio stream. The ICY protocol allows audio players to…
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Internet Engineering Task Force
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Issuer Identification Number – The digits with a payment card number that identify the bank that issued the card.
Read articleInteractive Video Service
Interactive Video Service is a managed live streaming service from Amazon Web Services, built on the same tech that powers Twitch.
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