ADC Analog-to-digital conversion

ANSI American National Standards Institute

APU Auxiliary processing unit
ARM Alternate refresh mode
ASIC Application-Specific Integrated Circuit
ASSP Application-Specific Standard Products
ATM Asynchronous transfer mode
BME Burst mode enable
CAS Column address strobe
CCIR International Radio Consultive Committee
CIF Common interface format
CIP Common isochronous packet
CMOS Complimentary metal oxide semiconductor
CMP Composite video
CPM Clock and power management
CPU Central processing unit
CRC Cyclic redundancy check
CSSP Customer-Specific Standard Products
CTS Clear to send
CVBS Combined video blanking and sync
D-Cache Data cache
D/A Digital-to-analog conversion
DAC Digital-to-analog converter
DAVIC Digital Audio-Visual Council
DCD Data carrier detect
DCE Data communications equipment
DCR Device control register
DCT Discrete cosine transform
DENC Digital video encoder
DMA Direct memory access
DMSD Digital multi-standard decoder
DRAM Dynamic random access memory
DSF Designated special function
DSP Digital signal processor
DSR Data set ready
DTO Discrete time oscillator
DTR Data terminal ready
DTSC Data Tri-state Control
DVB Digital video broadcast
DVD Digital Versatile Disk
DVI Digital video interactive
EBIU Extended bus interface unit
EDO Extended data output
EIC External interrupt controller
EOT End of transfer/transmission
ERM Early RAS mode
FIFO First in, first out
FIR Finite impulse response
FIT Fixed interval timer
FM Frequency modulation
FPM Fast page mode
GPIO General Purpose I/Ot
GPR General purpose register
GUI Graphical user interface
HDL Hardware design language
HSI Hue, saturation, and intensity
HSL Hue, saturation, and lightness
HSMC High speed memory controller
HSV Hue, saturation, and value
HSYNC Horizontal sync
I-Cache Instruction cache
I/F Interface
I/O Input/Output
I2C Inter-integrated circuit
IBM International Business Machines
IEC International Electrotechnical Commission
IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
IFD Interface device
IMD IBM Microelectronics Division
IrDA Infrared Data Association
ISO International Standards Organization
JPEG Joint Photographic Experts Group
JTAG Joint Test Action Group
LL Link layer
lsb Least significant bit
LSB Least significant byte
LSSD Level sensitive scan design
MIPS Million instructions per second
MMU Memory management unit
MPEG Moving Pictures Experts Group
msb Most significant bit
MSB Most significant byte
NC Network computer
NIM Network interface module
NIU Network interface unit
NS National Semiconductor
NTSC National Television Standard Committee
OCM On-chip memory
OE Output enable
OPB On-chip peripheral bus
OSD On-screen display
PAL Phase alternate line
PCI Peripheral component interconnect
PCM Pulse code modulation
PCR Program clock reference
PES Packetized elementary stream
PIA Peripheral interface adapter
PID Packet identifier
PIT Programmable interval timer
PLB Processor local bus
PLL Phase-lock loop
POF Plastic optical fiber
PPC PowerPC
PSI Program-specific information
PVS PowerPC visual simulator
PWM Pulse width modulation
RAM Random access memory
RAS Row address strobe
RE Ready enable
RGB Red, green, blue
RISC Reduced instruction set computer
RIT Retical image tape
ROM Read-only memory
RTOS Real-time operating system
RTS Request to send
RZ Return to zero
S-Video Separate video
S/PDIF Sony/Philips Digital Interface Format
SAP Secondary audio program
SAR Segmentation and reassembly
SBB System building blocks
SCC Serial communications controller
SCI Smart card interface
SDRAM Synchronous dynamic random access memory
SGRAM Synchronous graphics random access memory
SI Service information
SICC Serial and infrared communications controller
SIF Standard (or source) input format
SM Support manual
SMPTE Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers
SNR Signal-to-noise ratio
SOC System-on-a-chip
SPR Special purpose register
SRAM Static random access memory
STB Set top box
STC System time clock
STP Shielded twisted pair
STU Set Top Unit
TAP Transport assist processor
TBD To be determined
TC Terminal count
TLB Translation lookaside buffer
TS Transport stream
TMM Test mode matrix
UART Universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter
UIC Universal interrupt controller
UM User manual
UTP Unshielded twisted pair
VBI Vertical blanking interval
VCO Voltage-controlled oscillator
VCXO Voltage-controlled crystal oscillator
VESA Video Electronic Standards Association
VHDL VHSIC HDL
VHSIC Very high-speed integrated circuit
VITC Vertical interval time code
VMC Verilog model complier
VMI Video module interface
VPS Video Program System
VSYNC Vertical sync
WDT Watchdog timer
WE Write enable
WSS Wide-screen signalling
YUV A color image encoding scheme that separates luminance (Y) and two
color signals: red minus Y (U) and blue minus Y (V).