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132 Glossary
Versi o n 3 . 1
codec
The software that encodes and decodes a file. The word is a shortened
form of coder-decoder or compression-decompression.This product
has an audio codec and a video codec.
FTP
File Transfer Protocol
hinted movies
Movies that can be streamed for broadcast over the Internet. A hint
track has information about the media file so that it can be streamed
properly.
HTTP
Hypertext Transfer Protocol
I-frames
An MPEG-4 term for key frames.
IANA
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
Internet
An interconnected system of networks that connects computers
around the world via the TCP/IP protocol.
IOD
Initial Object Descriptor.
ISMA
Internet Streaming Media Alliance.