Abbreviations and acronyms – ARRIS DCT5100 Installation Manual User Manual

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DCT5100 Installation Manual

Abbreviations and Acronyms

AGC

Automatic Gain control

ASTB

Advanced Set-top Box

CRC

Cyclic redundancy check

CSR

Customer Service Representative

DCT5100

Digital Consumer Terminal 5100

DRAM

Dynamic random access memory

EMM

Entitlement management message(s)

FLASH

A type of nonvolatile memory

GPS

Global positioning system

HRC

Harmonically related carriers

IPG

Interactive program guide

IPPV

Impulse Pay-Per-View

IR Blaster

Infrared Blaster

IRC

Incrementally related carriers

ITU

International Telecommunication Union

MPAA

Motion Picture Advisory Association

MPEG-2

An advanced compression standard for digital audio and video encoding established by the
Motion Picture Experts Group

NVOD

Near Video on Demand

NVRAM

Non-volatile random-access memory

OSD

On-screen display

PCR

Program clock reference

PID

Packet identifier

PPV

Pay-Per-View

QAM

Quadrature amplitude modulation

QPSK

Quadrature phase shift keying

RSA

Return for Service Authorization

SNR

Signal-to-noise ratio

SPDIF

Sony Philips Digital Interface Format

TCP/IP

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol

TRC

Technical Response Center

TvPC

TV PassCard

VOD

Video on Demand

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