I've recently started work on providing acronym definitions on dtvusaforum.com for
DTV, Home Theater, and etc. When an acronym or abbreviation such as "
HDTV " is posted, a user can move their mouse over the word for an expanded explanation or meaning and see that
HDTV means High Definition Television. On browsers like FireFox and Google Chrome, you'll b able to see a small hashed underline under a acronym that has a definition.
If you would like to suggest, discuss, or make a different kind of recommendation about acronyms, please respond to this thread.
Our current database of acronyms and abbreviations looks like this:
Updated 5-31-09
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8VSB' => '8-level Vestigial Sideband Modulation'
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AC-3' => 'Arc Consistency Algorithm #3'
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afaik' => 'As far as I know'
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AGL' => 'Above Ground Level (sometimes HAGL)'
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AMSL' => 'Above Mean Sea Level'
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ATSC' => 'Advanced Television Systems Committee'
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CC' => 'Closed Captioning'
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CDBS' => 'Consolidated DataBase System (used by
FCC)'
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cecb' => 'Coupon Elgible Converter Box'
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CRTC' => 'Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission'
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db' => 'Decibel'
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dbm' => '
db compared to microvolt'
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DBS' => 'Direct Broadcast Satellites'
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digital transition' => 'Government mandated switch to Digital Television on June 12th, 2009'
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DTS' => 'Distributed Transmission System'
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dtv' => 'Digital Television'
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dtv box' => 'Digital-to-Analog Converter Box'
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DVB/T' => 'Digital Video Broadcasting Terrestrial'
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DVI' => 'Digital Visual Interface'
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DVR' => 'Digital Video Recoder'
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EAS' => 'Emergency Alert System'
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EIT' => 'Event Information Table'
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epg' => 'Electronic Program Guide (On Screen Channel Guide)'
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ERP' => 'Effective Radiated Power'
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F/B' => 'Front to Back'
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FAA' => 'Federal Aviation Administration'
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FCC' => 'Federal Communications Commission'
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FTA' => 'Free To Air'
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HAAT' => 'Height Above Average Terrain'
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hd' => 'High Definition'
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HDCP' => 'High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection'
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HDMI' => 'High-Definition Multimedia Interface'
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hdtv' => 'High Definition Television'
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ht' => 'Home Theater'
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IFB' => 'Interruptible Feedback or Interruptible Foldback'
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ISDB' => 'Integrated Services Digital Broadcasting'
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js' => 'JavaScript'
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KW' => 'Kilowatt'
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LCD' => 'Liquid Crystal Display'
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MPEG' => 'Motion Picture Experts Group'
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MTS' => 'Multichannel Television Sound'
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NTSC' => 'National Television System Committee (also jokingly called Never The Same Color)'
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OTA' => 'Over The Air'
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PAL' => 'Phase Alternating Line'
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PID' => 'Packet Indentifiers'
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pip' => 'Picture in a Picture'
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pr' => 'Google Page Ranking'
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PSA' => 'Public Service Announcement'
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PSIP' => 'Program and System Information Protocol'
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RGB' => 'Red Green Blue'
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S/R' => 'Signal to Noise'
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SECAM' => 'Sequential Color with Memory (translated from French)'
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seo' => 'Search Engine Optimization'
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SNR' => 'Signal to Noise'
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STL' => 'Studio Transmitter Link'
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tbd' => 'To be discussed'
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TPO' => 'Transmitter Power Output'
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TVCT' => 'Terrestrial Virtual Channel Table'
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tvgos' => 'TV Guide On Screen'
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ULS' => 'Universal Licensing System'
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vb' => 'vBulletin'
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vbseo' => 'vBulletin
SEO'
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VGA' => 'Video Graphics Array'
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YIQ' => 'Code where Y=Luminance, I=In Phase chrominance and Q=Quadrature amplitude modulation'
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YPrPb' => 'Code where Y= Luminance,
Pr is Y-Red and Pb is Y-Blue'
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YUV' => 'Code where Y= Luminance,
Pr is Y-Red and Pb is Y-Blue'
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