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FlashAccess™ | A technology for delivering secure, authorized and content-protected media across a network to a large number of devices. FlashAccess that can be licensed from Adobe Systems |
Gateway | A device that provides services between two networks. Typical RDK gateways are located in the customer premises, providing services to the devices within the home. |
git | The git source code repository - see SVN |
GLIB | An open source cross-platform library developed and maintain by the GNOME project that provides APIs for data structures, threaded programming primitives, and IO functions |
GLIBC | A GNU Implementation of the standard C Library |
GOP | Group of Picture used in MPEG2/4 Video data |
G-Streamer | An open source pipeline-based multimedia framework |
HDCP | High Definition Content Protection |
HDMI | High Definition Multimedia Interface |
Headless Gateway | A gateway device that does not provide local a UI. |
HTTP | Hypertext Trasmission Protocol - the protocol used by Web servers and Browsers on the Internet |
HTTPS | HTTP over SSL - Secure transmission of HTTP that uses th Secure Sockets Layer. |
IARM | Inter-Application Resource Manager. This is the main system bus for Events and Messages in the RDK platform. It implements a Publish-and-Subscribe metaphor. |
IGMP | Internet Group Management Protocol |
IPPV | Impulse Pay-Per-View |
Java | A portable, object-oriented programming language originally developed by Sun MicroSystems. Java programs are executed inside a JVM. |
JSON | JavaScript Object Notation |
JVM | Java Virtual Machine. A software container for running Java programs. |
LDAP | Lightweight Directory Access Protocol |
LSA | Linear Segment Advertising |
LTE | Long Term Evolution |
LTSID | Local Transport Stream IDentifier |
MoCA | Multimedia over Coax Alliance, MoCA is a standards organization that supports a technology to provide the backbone for home digital entertainment networks. |
MPEG-TS | Motion Pictures Expert Group Transport Stream |
MPTS | Multi Program Transport Stream |
MSO | Multiple Service Operators |
nDVR | Network-Based Digital Video Recording |
NIT | Network Information Table. The Table ID extension is used to identify the available transmission networks together with a directory listing of transport streams and their originating network operator with descriptors listing the modulation and source of those streams. |
NTT | Network Text Table |
NVOD | Near Video On Demand |
NVRAM | Non-Volatile Random Access Memory |
OCAP | Open Cable Application Platform for delivering applications and services on an RF network. |
OCAP-RI | OpenCable Application Platform Reference Implementation |
OEM | Original Equipment Manufacturer. An OEM manufactures devices that may be sold in the market under a variety of brand names. |
OOB | Out-Of-Band |
Open GL | Open Graphics Library - A low-level graphics toolkit that allows lines, shapes, text and other basic graphics elements to be rendered on screen. |
Open GL/ES | OpenGL for Embedded Systems- a subset of OpenGL designed for embedded systems. |
OSD | On Screen Display/Diagnostic |
OSS | Open-Source Software |
OTT | Over The Top |
PA | Protocol Agent as in Snmp PA and TR069 PA |
PAN | Personal Area Network as specified in IEEE 802.15.4 |
PandM | Provisioning And Management |
PAT | Program Association Table |
PCR | Program Clock Reference |
PES | Packetized Elementary Stream per [ISO/IEC 13818-1] |
PID | Program (or Packet) Identifier per [ISO/IEC 13818-1] |
PlayReady™ | A DRM technology framework that can be licensed from Microsoft for streaming media using Digital Rights Management. |
PMT | Program Map Table |
POD | Password Of the Day |
PPV | Pay-Per-View |
PSI | Program Specific Information |
PSM | Persistent Storage Manager |
PTS | Presentation Time Stamp |
PVR | Personal Video Recorder |
QAM | Quadrature Amplitute Modulation - a QAM is used to convert a digital singal into an analog RF (radio Frequency) signal for transmission on a cable network. |
Qt ("Cute") | An open source, widely used windowing famework used by the RDK |
RDK | Reference Design Kit |
RDK Central | The publicly available website for RDK |
RDK Wiki | A wiki for RDK developers to access RDK related information, support, forums and content. |
RF4CE | Radio Frequency for Consumer Electronics |
RMF | RDK Media Framework |
RMF Media Streamer | Component of RMF |