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Headless Gateway | A gateway device that does not provide local a UI. |
HEVC | High Efficiency Video Coding |
HID | Human Interface Device |
HLD | High Level Design |
HLS | HTTP Live Streaming |
HMAC | Hash-based message authentication code |
HNAP | Home Network Administration Protocol |
HRV | Host Reset Vector |
HS | Home Security |
HSS | Home Subscriber Server |
HSD | High Speed Data |
HTML5 | Web-based technology allowing for the playback of video/audio/apps without specific development for the platform usedAbstraction (Architecture concept) |
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. |
ICC | Interface Controller Card |
ICCID | Integrated Circuit Card Identifier |
ICMP | Internet Control Message Protocol |
IDL | Interface Definition Language |
IDS | Intrusion Detection System |
IGD | Internet Gateway Device Protocol |
IMEI | International Mobile Equipment Identity |
IGMP | Internet Group Management Protocol |
IMSI | International Mobile Subscriber Identity |
IoT | Catch-all term for every day devices that can now be internet-connected |
IPC | Interprocess Communication |
IPP | Internet printing protocol. |
IPPV | Impulse Pay-Per-View |
IPsec | Internet Protocol Security |
IPTV | Internet Protocol television. Generally, IPTV is a system that uses Internet protocols to render audio and video. The finer details can change depending on who's using the term. Web nerds who refer to IPTV are usually talking about Web video. In that case, IPTV is a synonym for broadband, streaming, and wireless video. (All About IPTV ). |
ISP | Internet Service Provider |
IUCC | IMSI(International Mobile Subscriber Identity) Unauthenticated Ciphering key |
Java | A portable, object-oriented programming language originally developed by Sun MicroSystems. Java programs are executed inside a JVM. |
JSON | JavaScript Object Notation |
JSPP | JavaScript Player Platform |
JVM | Java Virtual Machine. A software container for running Java programs. |
L2TP | Layer Two Tunneling Protocol |
L2VPN | Layer 2 Virtual Private Network |
LDAP | Lightweight Directory Access Protocol |
LED | Light Emitting Diode |
LIBMM | Library for Mobile Modems |
Lightning | JavaScript visualization framework, aka lng |
Lightning SDK | Set of components built in Lightning |
LLDASH | Low Latency DASH. Initiative/Product feature to improve the stream playback as close to the live (~5sec) |
LLID | Logical Link Identifier |
LM | LAN Manager |
LPA | Local Profile Assistant |
lng | Lightning framework |
LSA | Linear Segment Advertising |
LSB | Linux Standard Base |
LTE | Long Term Evolution |
LTSID | Local Transport Stream IDentifier |
LXC | Linux Containers |
MAF | Media Analytics Framework |
MAF | media analytics framework |
MBIM | Mobile Broadband Interface Model |
MBSFN | Multicast-Broadcast Single Frequency Network |
MCC | Mobile Country Code |
MCS | Modulation and Coding Scheme |
MD5 | Message Digest 5 |
MDC | Multicast Data Client |
MDD | MAC Domain Descriptor |
MIB | Management Information Base |
MIMO | MDD IP Mode Override |
MLD | Multicast Listener Discovery |
MM | Mobility Management |
MME | Mobility Management Entity |
MNC | Mobile Network Code |
MNO | Mobile Network Operator |
MoCA | Multimedia over Coax Alliance, MoCA is a standards organization that supports a technology to provide the backbone for home digital entertainment networks. |
Modem– portmanteau of “Modulator/Demodulator” | Device located at the customer premise to connect local LAN to RF modulated access network. Provides the actual connection to the outside internet. |
MP1 | MPEG-1 AudioLayer I, commonly abbreviated to MP1 |
MPEG2TS | MPEG2 Transport Stream |
MPEG-TS | Motion Pictures Expert Group Transport Stream |
MPTS | Multi Program Transport Stream |
MSE | Media Source Extension |
MSE/EME | EME is based on the HTML5 Media Source Extensions (MSE) specification, which enables adaptive bitrate streaming in HTML5 using e.g. MPEG-DASH with MPEG-CENC protected content. |
MSISDN | Mobile Station International Subscriber Directory Number |
MSO | Multi system operator-Industry term indicating a cable provider that owns and operators more than one system or group of systems. |
MSM | Mobile Station Modem |
MTA | Media Terminal Adapter |
MTBF | Mean Time Between Failure |
MTU | Maximum Transmission Unit |
MVP | Minimum Viable Product |
MVPD | Multichannel video providers |
NAS | Network Attached Storage / Non-Access Stratum |
NAT | Network address translation |
Native Application | Typically an application which is written for the operating system of a receiver (set-top-box) rather than the middleware standard that may also be running on the receiver. ETV User Agents are implemented as native applications. (Source: Unisoft) . What is a Native App? |
NB | Northbound |
NC | Network Coordinator |
NCS | Network Call Signalling |
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. |
NMS | Network Management System |
NP | Network Processor |
NTP | Network Time Protocol |
NTS | Near Term Storage |
NTT | Network Text Table |
NVM | Non-Volatile Memory |
NVOD | Near Video On Demand |
NVRAM | Non-Volatile Random Access Memory |
OAM | Operations, Administration and Maintenance |
OAM&P | Operations, Administration, Maintenance and Provisioning |
OCAP | Open Cable Application Platform for delivering applications and services on an RF network. |
OCAP-RI | OpenCable Application Platform Reference Implementation |
OCDM | Open Content Decryption Module |
OCF | Open Connectivity Forum |
OCI | Operations Chronic Issue |
ODID | On Demand (session) Identification |
OEM | Original Equipment Manufacturer. An OEM manufactures devices that may be sold in the market under a variety of brand names. |
OFDM | Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing |
OIC | Open Interconnect Consortium |
OID | Object Identifier |
OLT | Optical Line Terminal |
ONT | Optical Network Termination |
ONU | Optical Network Unit |
ONUID | Unique physical ONU identification number |
OOB | Out-Of-Band |
OOBE | Out of box experience, see FTUE |
OP | Operating Procedure (Management System) |
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. |
OpenCDM | Open Content Decryption Module |
OpenCDN | A multi-site CDN implementation utilizing cache servers in strategic locations |
OpenSync | Carrier-grade open-source software acting as the connection between in-home hardware devices and the cloud managing them. |
OpEx | Operations Expenditure |
ORC | Orchestration |
OSD | On Screen Display/Diagnostic |
OSMF | Open Source Media Framework |
OSP | Online Services Platform |
OSS | Open-Source Software |
OSS | Operational support systems |
OSU | Online Sign up |
OTA | Over the Air |
Other user-apps | Smarthome, Network apps, Account management apps |
OTT | Over The Top |
OUI | Organizationally Unique Identifier |
OWASP | Open Web Application Security Project |
P2P | Peer-to-Peer |
PA | Protocol Agent as in Snmp PA and TR069 PA |
PAN | Personal Area Network as specified in IEEE 802.15.4 |
PAP | Password Authentication Protocol |
PandM | Provisioning And Management |
PAR | Performance, Availability, Reliability |
PAT | Program Association Table |
PCM | Pulse Code Modulation |
PCP | Protected Content Packet |
PCR | Program Clock Reference |
PDN | Packet Data Network |
PDU | Power Distribution Unit |
PE | Provider Edge |
PES | Packetized Elementary Stream per [ISO/IEC 13818-1] |
PGM | Pragmatic General Multicast / Pretty Good Multicast |
PGW | Packet Data Network Gateway |
PHY | Physical Layer |
PID | Program (or Packet) Identifier per [ISO/IEC 13818-1] |
PII | Personally Identifiable Information (e.g. email address). This is information for which some form of security proceedures or cautions should probably be taken. This information can occasionally be encrypted at rest. |
PING | Packet InterNet Groper |
PKCS | Public-Key Cryptography Standard |
PlayReady™ | A DRM technology framework that can be licensed from Microsoft for streaming media using Digital Rights Management. |
PLMN | Public Land Mobile Network |
PMT | Program Map Table |
POD | Password Of the Day |
PoE | Power over Ethernet |
PON | Passive Optical Network |
PPPoE | Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet |
PPTP | Point-To-Point Tunneling Protocol |
PPV | Pay-Per-View |
PR | Package Release (Yocto) |
Premium apps | RDK-V implemented user-apps that allow for the playback of content from said subscription and free services |
PSC | Packaging Scripts |
PSI | Program Specific Information |
PSM | Persistent Storage Manager |
PSN | Processor Serial Number |
PTS | Presentation Time Stamp |
PVID | Port VLAN identifier |
QA | Quality Assurance |
QAM | Quadrature |