Terms and Abbreviations: D
D
DA
distribution amplifier
DAB
digital audio broadcasting
DAB-IP
digital audio broadcasting with an IP application
DAS
direct attached storage
DASE
DTV Application Software Environment
DAT
digital audiotape
DAVIC
Digital Audio Visual Council
DAW
digital audio workstation
dB
decibel
dBFS
decibels full scale
DBS
direct broadcast satellite
DC
direct current
DCAS
downloadable conditional-access system
DCC
directed channel change
DCI
Digital Cinema Initiative
DCT
discrete cosine transform
DDR
digital disk recorder
DENG
Digital ENG
DES
Data Encryption Standard
DF
delay factor
DFS
dynamic frequency selection
DHCP
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DI
digital intermediates
DiffServ, DF
differentiated services
DLP
Digital Light Processing
DLR
Dynamic Language Runtime
DLT
digital linear tape
DM
descriptive metadata
DMA
designated market area
DMB
digital multimedia broadcasting
DMB-T
1) digital multimedia broadcasting for television (Chinese standard)
2) formerly used for the Korean standard now called T-DMB
DMD
1) Digital Micromirror Device (Texas Instruments trademark)
2) Digital Mirror Device
DMIF
Digital Multimedia Integration Framework
variant Delivery Multimedia Integration Framework
DMOS difference mean opinion score
DMS
descriptive metadata scheme
DMT
1) a company name
2) discrete multitone
DMZ
demilitarized zone (computer networking)
DNS
Domain Name System
DOCSIS 3.0
Data Over Cable Service Specification version 3.0
DOF
depth of field
DP
director of photography
DPCM
differential pulse code modulation
DPI
1) digital program insertion
2) dots per inch
DRM
digital rights management
DS3, T3 line
Digital Signal 3
variant a digital signal level T-3 carrier
DSL
digital subscriber line
DSLAM
DSL access multiplexer
DSM-CC
digital storage media command and control
DSNG
digital satellite newsgathering
DSP
digital signal processing/processor
DTCP
Digital Transmission Content Protection
DTE
Direct-to-Edit
DTH
direct-to-home
DTM
Dynamic Synchronous Transfer Mode
DTMB
Digital Television Multimedia Broadcast
DTMF
dual-tone multifrequency
DTS
1) Digital Theater Sound/System is a format owned by DTS (Digital Theater Systems)
2) a digital entertainment company
3) distributed transmission system
DTT
digital terrestrial television
DTV
digital television
D/U,DUR desired-to-undesired ratio
DV
digital video
DVB
Digital Video Broadcasting (Project)
DVB-C
DVB Cable
DVB-CI
DVB Common Interface
DVB-CSA
DVB Common Scrambling Algorithm
DVB-H
DVB Handheld
DVB-M
DVB Mobile
DVB-RCT
DVB Return Channel Terrestrial
DVB-S
DVB Satellite
DVB-S2
DVB Satellite, second generation
DVB-SI
DVB Service Information
DVB-SIM
DVB Simulcrypt
DVB-T
DVB Terrestrial
DVB-T2
DVB Terrestrial, second generation
DVB-TVA
DVB TV-Anytime
DVD-A
DVD-Audio
DV-DIF
Digital Video Interface Format
DVE
digital video effects
DVI
Digital Visual Interface
DVI-D
DVI-Digital
DVI-I
DVI-Integrated
DVR
digital video recorder
DWDM
dense wavelength division multiplexing
