AGC automatic gain control
ASTB Advanced Set-top Box
BPI Baseline Privacy Interface (DOCSIS)
CRC cyclic redundancy check
CSR Customer Service Representative
DAC 6000 Digital Addressable Controller 6000
DOCSIS Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification
DRAM dynamic random access memory
DVI Digital Video Interface for HDTV
DVR Digital Video Recorder
ECM embedded cable modem (in a cable terminal)
EDID Extended Displ ay Identification Data
EMM entitlement management message(s)
FLASH A type of nonvolatile memory
GPS global positioning system
HDMI High-Definition Multimedia Interface
HDTV high-defi nition television
HRC harmonically related carriers
IPG interactive program guide
IPPV Impulse Pay-Per-View
IR Blaster Infrared Blaster
IRC incrementally related carriers
ITU International Telecommunication Union
LKC last known carrier (DOCSIS)
MIB management information base (DOCSIS)
MPAA Motion Picture Advisory Association
MPEG-2 Motion Picture Experts Group-2 compression standard for digital audio and video encoding
NVRAM non-volatile random-access memory
OSD on-screen display
PCR program clock reference
PID packet identifier
PPV Pay-Per-View
QAM Quadrature Amplitude Modulation
QPSK Quadrature Phase Shift Keying
RSA Return for Service Authorization
SD standard definition
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