Glossary

NIT

Network Information Table

PAT

Program Association Table

PCI

Peripheral Component Interconnect

PCR

Program Clock Reference

PID

Packet Identifier

PMT

Program Map Table

PSIP

Program and System Information Protocol (ATSC)

PTS

Presentation Time Stamp

QAM

Quadrature Amplitude Modulation

QPSK

Quaternary Phase-Shift Keying

 

(also known as Quadrature Phase-Shift Keying)

RRT

Rating Region Table

RTM

Real-Time Monitor

RUI

Remote User Interface

SDT

Service Description Table

SI

Service Information (DVB)

SMC

Sub Miniature Connector

SMPTE

Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers

SNMP

Simple Network Management Protocol

SSI

Synchronous Serial Interface

STT

System Time Table

TEF

Transport Error Flag

TMCC

Transmission and Multiplexing Configuration Control (ISDB-S)

TOT

Time Offset Table

TSDT

Transport Streams Description Table

TVCT

Terrestrial Virtual Channel Table

TVRO

Television Receive Only

UTC

Coordinated Universal Time

VCT

Virtual Channel Table

VSB

Vestigial sideband

XML

Extensible Markup Language

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