Specifications

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1.2 Acronyms and Terminology
Table 1-2. Acronyms and Terminology
Acronym Definition
ACP Analog Copy Protection (ACP) is a proprietary system developed and patented by Macrovision*
AES
Advanced Encryption Standard — a state of the art strong encryption algorithm (developed by
Rijndael) and chosen by the United States National Institute of Standards and Technology on
October 2, 2000.
ARIB
ARIB Association of Radio Industries and Business — Designated by the Ministry of Public
Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications (MPHPT) in Japan. ARIB members
include broadcasters, radio equipment manufacturers, telecommunication operators, and related
organizations.
ATSC
ATSC Advanced Television Systems Committee — an organization in US that establishes and
promotes technical standards for advanced television systems, such as digital television (DTV).
AV Short for : Audio – Video, e.g. “AV stream” Also: Audio Visual
CGMS-A
Copy protection capabilities for analog NTSC video by extending the EIA-608 standard to control
Macrovision’s Analog Copy Protection (ACP) anti-copy process at the receiver
CPPM Content Protection for Pre-recorded Media
CPRM Content Protection Recordable Media
CSR Configuration Status Register — common term in SW lingo for “register”
CSS
Content Scramble System (CSS) defines the technology for how DVD movies are encrypted by
manufacturers and the decryption mechanism in hardware or software players
CVBS
CVBS is the acronym designation for composite video — the format of an analog television
(picture only) signal before it is combined with a sound signal and modulated onto an RF carrier.
The CVBS acronym stands for "Color, Video, Blank and Sync", "Composite Video Baseband
Signal", "Composite Video Burst Signal", or "Composite Video with Burst and Sync". It is usually
in a standard format such as NTSC, PAL, or SECAM.
D2D Digital to Digital converter (voltage regulator).
DAC Digital-to-Analog Converter.
DDC Display Data Channel (HDMI)
DDR2 Double Data Rate Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory - second generation
DDR3 Double Data Rate Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory - third generation
DES
The Data Encryption Standard developed by IBM in co-operation with the American National
Security Agency and published in 1974.
DMA
Direct Memory Access — the hardware function when a peripheral accesses data in the memory in
computer system without CPU intervention.
DRM
DRM includes capabilities such as the acquisition of license, ability to distribute content to other
users, enforcement of viewing windows and other restrictions such as copy control imposed by the
copyright holder.
DSTB
Digital Set Top Box — device designed to receive the compressed digital audiovisual content, and
decompress and display it.
DTCP
Digital Transmission Content Protection (DTCP) — system to prevent the illicit duplication of
copyrighted programming in IEEE1394-based systems. The DTCP system also is known as “5C”
for its five developing companies — Intel, Hitachi, Matsushita, Sony, and Toshiba.
DTCP-IP
DTCP-IP is used for protecting content being transferred between DTCP licensed devices over an
IP Home Network.