Acronyms

AAC Advanced Audio Coding

AAC-ELD Advanced Audio Codec Enhanced Low Delay
AAC-LC Advanced Audio Codec Low Complexity
AAC-LD Advanced Audio Codec Low Delay
ABS-CBN Alto Broadcasting System-Chronicle Broadcasting
Network
ACPDP AC Plasma Display Panel
AES Advanced Encryption Standard
AES/EBU (AES3) Audio Engineering Society/European
Broadcasting Union
ASPEC Adaptive Spectral Perceptual Entropy Coding
BNC Bayonet Neill Concelman
CCD Charged Coupled Device
CCIR Consultative Committee on International Radio
CCITT Consultative Committee for International Telegraphy
and Telephony
CCU Camera Control Unit
CD Compact Disc
CFR 48 Code of Federal Regulations 48
CIE International Lighting Commission
CMOS Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
CMYK Cyan Magenta Yellow Black
CRT Cathode Ray Tube
CVBS Composite Video Baseband Signal
DAB+ - Digital Audio Broadcasting +
DCPDP DC Plasma Display Panel
DCT Discrete Cosine Transform
DRM Digital Radio Mondiale
DVD Digital Versatile/Video Disc
EBU European Broadcasting Union
EIA Electronic Industry Association
FCC Federal Communications Commission
FCC CFRAT
FFT Fast Fourier Transform
GMA Network Global Media Arts Network
GMA Greater Manila Area
HDMI High Definition Multimedia Interface
HD-AAC High Definition Advanced Audio Codec
HE-AAC High Efficiency Advanced Audio Codec
IEC International Electrotechnical Commission
IRE Institute of Radio Engineers
IRT Institut Fur Rundfunktechnik
ISDB-T Integrated Services Digital Broadcasting Terrestrial
ISO International Organization for Standardization
ITU-R International Telecommunications Union
Recommendation
JPEG Joint Pictures Experts Group
KBP Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas
LCD Liquid Crystal Display
MASCAM Masking Pattern Adapted Subband Coding and
Multiplexing
MDCT Modified Discrete Cosine Transform

MO Magneto-optical
MP3 MPEG-1 Audio Layer-3
MPEG Moving Pictures Experts Group
MUSICAM - Masking Pattern Adapted Universal Subband Integrated
Coding and Multiplexing
NAB National Association of Broadcasters
NTC National Telecommunications Commission
NTSC National Television System Committee
PAL Phase Alternation by Line
PMPO Peak Music Power Out
RCA Radio Corporation of America
ROM Read-Only Memory
RPN Radio Philippines Network
RT Reverberation Time
SCA Subsidiary Communication Authority
SPDI/F Sony Philips Digital Interface Format
SDI Serial Digital Interface
SECAM Sequential Color and Memory
SMPTE Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers
SPG Sync Pulse Generator
TSG Test Signal Generator
VITCE Vertical Interval Timecode
VOIP Voice Over Internet Protocol
WFM Waveform Monitor
WiMAX Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access
WORM write once, read many
WREM Write Read Erase Memory
XLR Ground Left Right
YIQ Luminance In-Phase Quadrature