| DBS
Acronyms and Terms |
| APG |
Advanced Program Guide |
| Ariane |
http://www.arianespace.com/ |
| ATSC |
Advance Television Standards Committee |
| BBC |
B Band Converter |
| BEV |
Bell Express Vu |
| BSB |
Black Screen Bug |
| BSD |
Black (or Blue) Screen Of Death |
| BSS |
Broadcast satellite services, another
name for DBS |
| BUD |
Big Ugly Dish (C-Band) |
| C Band |
S |
| CE |
DIRECTV Cutting Edge software (optional
download) |
| CID |
Caller ID |
| CIR |
Channels I Receive |
| D* |
DirecTV |
| DBS |
Direct Broadcast Satellite |
| DD |
Dolby Digital |
| DLB |
Dual Live Buffers |
| DMA |
Designated Market Area - Channels from a
city that can be received with an antenna |
| Down-Res |
Decreasing The Resolution Of A Channel To
Save Bandwidth |
| DP |
Dish Player |
| DRM |
Digital Rights Management - Copy protection
in digital files |
| DTH |
Direct to home satellite services including
BSS, DBS, and FSS. |
| DTV |
Digital Television OR DirecTV |
| DVI |
Digital Video Interface |
| DVR |
Digital Video Recorder |
| E* |
Echostar (Dish Network) |
| EPG |
Electronic Program Guide |
| FSS |
Fixed Service Satellite, original Direct to
home frequencies |
| FTA |
Free To Air |
| FTM |
Frequency Translation Module (See SWM) |
| Ghz |
Gigahertz |
| HD |
High Definition |
| HDTV |
High Definition TV |
| HD-Lite |
Bit Starved or Down-Resed High Definition
Channel |
| HDMI |
High Definition Multimedia Interface |
| ILS |
International
Launch Services |
| IR |
Infared |
| IKD |
Instant Keep Or Delete |
| IRD |
Integrated Decoder/Receiver |
| Ka Band |
Satellite frequencies between 18ghz
and 40ghz |
| Ku Band |
S |
| LIL |
Local Into Local |
| LNB |
Low Noise Block (Converter) |
| Mhz |
Megahertz |
| MPEG-2 or MPEG 4 |
Compression Algorithm |
| MS or M$ |
Microsoft |
| MSO |
MultiSystem Cable Operator |
| NFLST |
National Football League Sunday Ticket |
| NR |
National Release Software |
| NTSC |
National Television Standards Committee |
| O&O |
Owned And Operated |
| OOM |
Out Of Market |
| OP |
Original Poster |
| OTA |
Over The Air |
| P* |
Primestar |
| PCM |
Pulse Code Modulation |
| PID |
Program Information Data |
| Pinky |
When The TrickPlay Icon Changes To Pink |
| PVR |
Personal Video Recorder |
| RBR |
Red Button Reset |
| SA or SA* |
Dominion (Sky Angel) |
| SeaLaunch |
http://www.sea-launch.com/ |
| SL |
Series Link |
| STB |
Set Top Box |
| SD |
Standard Definition |
| SWM |
Single Wire Multiswitch |
| TDL |
To Do List |
| TOSLINK |
A fiber optics signal connection system,
commonly used in audio applications. |
| TP or TR |
Transponder |
| TrickPlay |
Any Motion Of The Video Playback Other Than
Standard Speeds (1x, 2x, 30 sec slip, etc) |
| TVRO |
Television
Receive Only |
| ULA |
United
Launch Alliance |
| *C |
Star Choice |
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| Net
Acronyms |
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| AFAIK |
As Far As I Know |
| AFK |
Away From Keyboard |
| BTW |
By The Way |
| FWIW |
For What Its Worth |
| IIRC |
If I Remember Correctly |
| IMO |
In My Opinion |
| IMHO |
In My Humble Opinion |
| IMNSHO |
In My Not So Humble Opinion |
| LOL |
Laughing Out Loud |
| NP |
No Problem |
| OTOH |
On The Other Hand |
| POP |
Point Of Presence |
| POS |
Piece Of S--- |
| RE |
Regarding |
| ROTFLMAO |
Rolling On The Floor Laughing My --- Off |
| RTFM |
Read The F'n Manual |
| TIA |
Thanks In Advance |
| YMMV |
Your Mileage May Vary |