Acronyms & Definitions
Here you will find definitions to the various technical acronyms and abbreviations used in the field of video
technologies, digital as well as analog.
- CEC - Consumer Electronics Control . . More Info
- DDC - Display Data
- DDWG - Digital Display Working Group
- DFP - Digital Flat Panel
- DTS - Digital Theater Sound
- DTV - Digital Television
- DVI - Digital Video Interface . . More Info
- EDID - Extended Display Identification Data
- EIA - Electronics Industry Alliance
- HDCP - High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection . . More Info
- HDMI - High Definition Multimedia Interface . . More Info
- HDTV - High-Definition Television
- OSD - On-Screen Display
- P&D - Plug and Display (M1)
- PAL - Phase Alternating Line
- PnP - Plug and Play
- SDTV - Satellite Digital Television
- SVGA - Super Video Graphics Array (VGA extensions) . . More Info
- SXGA - Super Extended Graphics Array (1280 x 1024) . . More Info
- TMDS - Transition-Minimized Differential Signaling . . More Info
- UXGA - Ultra Extended Graphics Array (1600 x 1200) . . More Info
- VBE - VESA Bios Extension . . More Info
- VESA - Video Electronics Standards Association
- VGA - Video Graphics Array . . More Info
- XGA - Extended Graphics Array . . More Info