Specifications

DEFINITIONS
Daylight Saving Time – The practice of changing the time during the summer by one hour to
have more daylight during waking hours. http://tf.nist.gov/general/history.htm
DHCP or Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol – A system of assigning IP addresses to
computers on a network to avoid conflicts of having more than one computer having the
same IP address.
DSL or Digital Subscriber Line – A method of providing high-speed access to the Internet
through a telephone line.
DST – See Daylight Saving Time
DVB or Digital Video Broadcast – The standard for digital broadcasts on satellite www.dvb.org
FEC – See Forward Error Correction.
Forward Error Correction – The amount of extra data sent with the original data to be able to
correct any errors in the data during transmission.
GMT – See Greenwich Mean Time
Greenwich Mean Time – The time measured at the Greenwich Meridian Line at the Royal
Observatory in Greenwich. www.greenwichmeantime.com/what-is-gmt.htm
HTML or HyperText Markup Language – This is the standard language used for web pages. A
browser translates the text page to the graphical representation displayed by the computer.
IP Address or Internet Protocol Address – Assigns a unique number to computers on a network.
No computers can have the same IP address in a given network.
MP2 – A standard of video compression used in DVB (Digital Video Broadcast), DVD disks and
professional audio. This has fewer issues with multiple compression steps and retains its
quality, so it works better in professional audio applications. It is MPEG-1 Layer 2.
MP3 – A standard of audio compression designed to improve compression and retain quality
audio. It is used primarily for personal audio and is subject to severe recompression
anomalies. It is commonly understood as MPEG-1 Layer 3.
MPEG or Motion Picture Engineers Group – This is the body that creates the data standards for
audio and video compression. File formats sometimes shorten this to MPG. www.mpeg.org
MPG – See MPEG
PID or Program ID or Identifier – The unique ID of the program used by a receiver on a standard
DVB carrier.
Targets – The port that will output the audio. It is referred to in reference the place the decoded
audio is sent or targeted to play. The targets refer directly to the output ports. Target 1
equates to the analog output port 1.
Triggers – Text commands or input closures that cause the receiver to initiate an action. A trigger
may cause a program to begin playing or stop a program from playing.
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