General Description > List of Abbreviations and Terms for DVD Video Camera/Recorders

Index

Abbreviation/Term

Explanation

M

MPEG

Motion Picture Experts Group: Standard related to compression of digital video and

 

 

audio. MPEG2 is a higher standard of MPEG and is applied to video (movie)

 

 

requiring higher quality.

 

MPEG Audio

One of three audio compression standards (layers 1-3) defined by MPEG

 

Layer 2

 

 

MultiMediaCard

Also referred to as MMC. Compact memory card, 32 mm long × 24 mm wide × 1.4

 

 

mm thick

 

MultiMediaCard

Also referred to as MMCA. This association promotes the widespread use of

 

Association

multimedia cards.

O

OSTA

Optical Storage Technology Association, which is an international industry

 

 

organization that promotes recordable optical storage used to store computer data

 

 

and images.

S

SCSI

Small Computer System Interface: A standard for connecting computer and

 

 

peripheral devices. Frequently notated by prefixing or suffixing the number that

 

 

indicates the data transfer rate, and First, Ultra, Wide, etc., to SCSI.

 

SDA

See SD Card Association.

 

SD Card

Also referred to as SDA. This organization promotes the popularization of SD

 

Association

memory card.

 

SDMI

Secure Digital Music Initiative: This conference was established by hardware

 

 

makers, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and music industry

 

 

companies, to protect copyrights of musical compositions.

 

SD Memory Card

Formally named Secure Digital Memory Card. This compact memory card, 32 mm

 

 

long × 24 mm wide × 2.1 mm thick, is equipped with an advanced copyright

 

 

protection function.

 

SecureMMC

See Secure MultiMediaCard.

 

Secure

Also referred to as SecureMMC. This compact memory card has multimedia card

 

MultiMediaCard

specifications, to which an advanced copyright protection function is added.

 

 

Unusable on the DVD video camera/recorder.

 

Software disc-

This function writes the protect information to DVD-RAM disc to prevent accidental

 

Protect

erasure. Software Disc-Protect is included in DVD-RAM disc specifications defined

 

 

by DVD Forum.

 

STN LCD

Super-Twisted Nematic Liquid Crystal Display: This type of color LCD is inferior to

 

 

TFT LCD in coloring, view angle, etc.

T

TFT LCD

Thin Film Transistor Liquid Crystal Display: This type of color LCD features clear

 

 

display, high contrast, wide view angle, etc.

U

UDF

Universal Disc Format, which is a file format of recordable disc defined by OSTA.

 

 

The version 2.01 UDF is used on DVD video camera/recorder.

 

USB

Universal Serial Bus: Standard of serial interface that connects PC and peripheral

 

 

devices. Two versions - USB1.1 and USB2.0, with different data transfer rates -

 

 

exist at present.

V

VBR

Stands for Variable Bit Rate: This format of coding audio and video varies the

 

 

amount of data depending on the subject image.

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