Pit
A Pit is a microscopic depression in the recording layer of an optical disc. A pit is usually just one quarter of the laser wavelength so as to cause cancellation of the beam by diffraction
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- 0-9
- .001-.999
- 1080i
- 1080p
- 12:1 Pulldown
- 1440p
- 16:9
- 1xEV-DO
- 2-pass
- 2160p
- 24:1 Pulldown
- 24p
- 2:2 Pulldown
- 2:2:2:2:2:2:2:2:2:2:2:3 Pulldown
- 2:2:3:2:3 Pulldown
- 2:3 Pulldown
- 3/2 Surround
- 3:2 pulldown
- 3:3 Pulldown
- 3D PC
- 3GP
- 3GPP
- 3GPP2
- 3GSM World Congress
- 3ivX
- 3rd Generation Partnership Project
- 3ROL
- 3X DVD
- 404 Error
- 480i
- 480p
- 4:3
- 4C Entity
- 4K2K
- 5.1 Audio
- 5.1 Surround
- 525/60
- 576i
- 576p
- 5G Wi-Fi
- 6.1 Audio
- 6.1 Surround
- 625/50
- 7-Zip
- 7.1 Audio
- 7.1 Surround
- 720i
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- 802.11
- 802.11a
- 802.11ac
- 802.11g
- 802.11n
- 8K
- 8mm Videotape
- A
- A4WP
- AAC
- AAC LC
- AAC+
- AAC-LTP
- aacPlus v1
- AacPlus v2
- AACS
- AACS Final Adopter Agreement
- AACS LA
- Abandonware
- Abend
- Abnormal End
- ABR
- AC-3 VS
- AC3
- Academy Ratio
- Accelerated Graphics Port
- Access Control List
- Accessgate
- ACL
- Acronis
- ACS:Law
- ACTA
- Active Area
- Active-Matrix
- ActiveMovie
- ActiveX
- ActiveX Controls
- Ad Hoc Networking
- Adaptive Multi-rate Compression
- Adaptive Multi-rate Narrow Band
- Adaptive Multi-rate Wide Band
- Adaptive Transform Acoustic Coding
- ADC
- Address Bar
- Address Field
- ADSL
- Adult Industry Trade Association
- Advanced Access Content System
- Advanced Access Content System Licensing Authority
- Advanced Audio Coding
- Advanced Encryption Standard
- Advanced Graphics Port
- Advanced Interactive eXecutive
- Advanced Regional Copy Control Operating Solution
- Advanced SCSI Programming Interface
- Advanced Simple Profile
- Advanced Stream Redirector
- Advanced Streaming Format
- Advanced Technology Attachment
- Advanced Television Systems Committee
- Advanced Video Coding
- Adware
- Aereo
- AES
- AFACT
- AFC
- AFM
- AFT
- AGC
- AGP
- AGP 1x
- AGP 2x
- AGP 4x
- AGP 8x
- AIFF
- AIFF-C
- AIM
- AITA
- AIX
- ALAC
- ALE
- Aliasing
- Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions
- Alliance for Wireless Power
- Alpha
- AlphaCrypt
- ALU
- Alureon
- Amazon Tax
- American DVD Copy Control Association
- American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
- AMR
- AMR-NB
- AMR-WB
- AMV
- Analog-to-Digital Converter
- Anamorphic
- Android
- Android 1.0
- Android 1.1
- Android 1.5 Cupcake
- Android 1.6 Donut
- Android 2.0
- Android 2.1 Eclair
- Android 2.2 Froyo
- Android 2.3 Gingerbread
- Android 3.0 Honeycomb
- Android 3.1 Honeycomb
- Android 3.2 Honeycomb
- Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich
- Android 4.3 Jelly Bean
- Android 4.4 KitKat
- Android Operating System
- Angles
- Animation Codec
- Anime Music Video
- Anti-counterfeiting Trade Agreement
- AO (Adults Only)
- AOL Instant Messenger (AIM)
- APE
- Aperture
- Apple Disk Image
- Apple Lossless
- Apple Lossless Audio Codec
- Apple Lossless Encoder
- Apple Software Restore
- AR
- ARccOS
- ARIA
- ARIB
- Arithmetic Logic Unit
- ARM
- Artifact
- ASCAP
- ASF
- Asian Silvers
- Aspect ratio
- ASPI
- ASR
- Association for UK Interactive Entertainment
- Association of Radio Industries and Businesses
- ASV
- ASVOBS
- ASX
- Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
- ATA
- ATAPI
- ATI CrossFire
- ATI Eyefinity
- ATIS
- ATRAC
- ATRAC Advanced Lossless
- ATRAC1
- ATRAC3
- ATRAC3plus
- ATSC
- Attach Rate
- Atvod
- Audio and Video Compression for High Definition
- Audio Coding 3
- Audio Frequency Modulation
- Audio Interchange File Format
- Audio Still Video
- Audio Still Video Object Set
- Audio Video Interleave
- Audio Video Standard
- AUDIO_TS
- Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft
- Australian Recording Industry Association
- Authoring
- Authority for Television on Demand
- Automatic Fine Tuning
- Automatic Frequency Control
- Automatic Gain Control
- Automatic Iris
- Autoplay
- Autorun
- AVC
- AVCHD
- Average Bitrate
- AVI
- AVS
- AwesomeBar
- AZW
- B
- B Frames
- B-CAS
- B6I
- Back Surround
- Back Surround Channel
- BackUP IFO
- Bada
- Bada 2.0
- BAE-VX1000
- Bandwidth
- Basic Interoperable Scrambling System
- BayTSP
- BCA
- BD
- BD Java
- BD+
- BD-25
- BD-50
- BD-J
- BD-Live
- BD-R
- BD-RE
- BD-ROM
- BDA
- BDAV
- BDMV
- BDRip
- BEREC
- Bescherming Rechten Entertainment Industrie Nederland
- Betacam
- BetaCrypt 1
- BetaCrypt 2
- BetaMax
- Betamax Case
- BFF
- Bidirectional Prediction
- Big Champagne
- Bill Shock
- BIN/CUE Images
- Bink
- Bink Video
- Birefringence
- BISS
- Bitmap
- Bitrate
- bitsetting
- Bitstream
- BitTorrent
- Black Hat
- Blindread
- BlindWrite
- Bloatware
- Block
- BlockAID
- Blocking
- Blu-Code
- Blu-ray
- Blu-ray Disc
- Blu-ray Disc Association
- Blu-ray Disc Audio/Visual
- Blu-ray Disc Movie
- Blu-ray Disc Recordable
- Blu-ray re-writable
- Blu-ray Read Only Memory
- Blu-ray Region A
- Blu-ray Region B
- Blu-ray Region C
- Blu-ray Region Codes
- Bluetooth 3.0
- BMI
- BMP
- Body of European Regulators of Electronic Communications
- Bonus View
- Book A
- Book B
- Book C
- Book D
- Book E
- BookType
- Bootlegs
- Bot Herders
- Botnet
- Bots
- Bottom Field First
- BPI
- bps
- BredoLab
- BREIN
- British Phonographic Industry
- British Phonographic Industry
- Broadcast Flag
- Broadcast Music Incorporated
- Browser Choice
- BRrip
- BS Conditional Access Systems
- BSA
- BT5
- BT6
- BUP
- Burst Cutting Area
- Business Software Alliance
- BWA
- BWS
- BWT
- bz2
- bzip2
- C
- C2D
- CA
- CAAST
- CABAC
- Cable Television
- CableCARD
- CableLabs
- Cam
- CAM
- Camcorder
- Canadian Alliance Against Software Theft
- Canadian Motion Picture Distributors Association
- Canadian Recording Industry Association
- Caption
- Capture
- Carrier IQ
- CAS
- Cathode-Ray-Tube
- CATV
- CAV
- CAV/CLV
- CAVLC
- CBHD
- CBR
- CCD
- CCE
- CCI
- CCIR 601
- CD
- CD Audio
- CD+G
- CD+Graphics
- CD-DA
- CD-i
- CD-MRW
- CD-Plus
- CD-R
- CD-ROM
- CD-ROM XA
- CD-RW
- CDA
- CDI
- cdma
- CDMA2000
- CDR
- CDV
- cDVD
- CE-ATA
- CEA
- CEATEC
- CeBIT
- CEC
- CECB
- CEDIA Expo
- Cell
- Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association
- Center
- Center Channel
- Center for Copyright Information
- Centrum der Büro- und Informations technik
- CES
- CFF
- CGA
- CGMS
- CH-DVD
- Channel
- Chanserv
- Chaoji VCD
- Chapters
- CHDA
- China Blue High-Definition Disc
- China High Definition DVD
- China High Definition DVD Industry Association
- China Video Disc
- ChinaCrypt
- Chipset
- Chroma
- Chroma Subsampling
- Chromaticity
- Chrome OS
- Chromebook
- Chrominance
- CIF
- Cinavia
- Cinema Craft Encoder
- CISO
- CK3
- CLI
- CloneCD Control File
- Closed Captions
- Closed GOP
- CLV
- CMF
- CMI
- CMPDA
- Coaster
- Code-Division Multiple Access
- Code-Division Multiple Access 3G
- Codec
- CodecSys
- Codicrypt
- Color Graphics Adapter
- Color Space
- Colorimetry
- Colorspace
- Combined Exhibition of Advanced Technologies
- Combo Drive
- Command Line Interface
- Commission for Communications Regulation
- Common File Format
- Common Interface
- Common Intermediate Format
- Compact Disc
- Compact Disc - Digital Audio
- Compact Disc - Read-Only Memory
- Compact Disc - Recordable
- Compact Disc - Rewritable
- Compact Disc Interactive
- Compact Disc Mount Rainier Read/Write
- Compact Disc Plus
- CompactFlash
- Component Video
- Composite Video
- Compression
- Computer Maintenance Competition Assurance Act
- ComReg
- Conax CAS 5
- Conax CAS 7
- Conditional Access
- Conditional Access Module
- Conditional Access System
- Condor
- Connectivity Kit V3
- Constant Angular Velocity
- Constant Bitrate
- Constant Quality
- Consumer Electronics Advanced Technology Attachment
- Consumer Electronics Association
- Consumer Electronics Control
- Consumer Electronics Show
- Container
- Content Protection System Architecture
- Content Protection Technical Working Group
- Content Scrambling System
- Context-adaptive binary arithmetic coding
- Context-adaptive variable-length coding
- Control Area
- Cookiejacking
- Copy Guard Management System
- Copy Management Information
- Copyright Alert System
- Copyright Royalty Board
- CoreAVC
- CoreAVC Video Codec
- CoreCrypt
- CorePNG
- Coupon-Eligible Converter Box
- CPPM
- CPRM
- CPSA
- CPTWG
- CRB
- CRIA
- Cropping
- CrossFire
- CrossFireX
- CRT
- Crypton
- Cryptoworks
- CrystalBrite
- CSO
- CSS
- CTI-CAS
- CTIA
- Cue
- cue file
- Cue Sheet
- Cutting Master Format
- CVD
- CyanogenMod
- D
- D-VHS
- D1
- DAA
- DAC
- DAE
- Daemon
- DAO
- DAR
- Darknet
- Dashboard
- DAT
- DAX
- Day Zero
- DCC
- DCC Get
- DCC Send
- DCF
- DCT
- DCT Block
- DDC
- DDoS
- DECE
- Decode
- Decrypt CSS
- DeCSS
- Deep Color
- Deinterlace
- Delta Frame
- Demultiplexing
- Demux
- Descriptive Video Service
- Device-Independent Bitmap Graphic
- DHWG
- DIB
- DigiCipher 2
- Digital Artifacts
- Digital Audio Extraction
- Digital Audio Tape
- Digital Compact Cassette
- Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem
- Digital Home Working Group
- Digital Living Network Alliance
- Digital Media Association
- Digital Media Controller
- Digital Media Player
- Digital Media Printer
- Digital Media Renderer
- Digital Media Server
- Digital Millennium Copyrights Act
- Digital Rights Ireland
- Digital Rights Management
- Digital Theater Sound
- Digital Theater System
- Digital Transmission Copy Protection
- Digital Transmission Licensing Administrator
- Digital Video Broadcasting - Cable
- Digital Video Broadcasting - Satellite
- Digital Video Broadcasting - Terrestial
- Digital Video Broadcasting Project
- Digital Video Broadcasting: Handhelds
- Digital Video Disc
- Digital Video Home System
- Digital Video Interface
- Digital Video Interface - Integrated
- Digital Video Recorder
- Digital Visual Interface - Analog
- Digital-to-Analog Converter
- Digital8
- DiMA
- DIMM
- DIRAC
- Direct Access Archive
- Direct Client to Client Get
- Direct Client to Client Send
- Direct Stream Digital
- direct-to-video
- Direct2D
- Direct3D
- DirectDraw
- DirectInput
- DirectMusic
- DirectPlay
- DirectPlay Voice
- DirectSetup
- DirectShow
- DirectSound
- DirectSound3D
- DirectX
- DirectX Audio
- DirectX Diagnostics
- DirectX Graphics Infrastructure
- DirectX Media
- DirectX Media Object
- Disc At Once
- Disc Wobble
- DiscJuggler
- Discrete Cosine Transform
- Discrete Surround
- Disk Copy Fast
- Disk Utility
- Display Aspect Ratio
- Display Data Channel
- Display Resolution
- DisplayPort
- DisplayPort Content Protection
- Distributed Denial of Service
- Distribution Media Format
- Distrubuted hash tables
- DivX
- DIVX (original)
- DivX ;-)
- DivX Certified
- DivX Media Format
- divx re-enc
- DivX Subtitles
- DivX Ultra
- DivXHD
- DLNA
- DLNA-Certified
- DMC
- DMCA
- DMF
- DMG
- DMO
- DMP
- DMPr
- DMR
- DMS
- DNS Blocking
- DNT
- Do Not Track
- Dolby
- Dolby Digital
- Dolby Digital Plus
- Dolby Pro Logic
- Dolby Pro Logic II
- Dolby Surround
- Dolby TrueHD
- Dolby Virtual Surround AC-3
- Double Sided Dual Layer
- Double Sided Mixed Layer
- Double Sided Single Layer
- Double VideoCD
- Downmix
- DPCP
- DRC
- Dreambox
- DreamCrypt
- DRI
- DriveImage
- DRM
- DROP FRAME
- DSD
- DSDL
- DSi
- DSi LL
- DSi XL
- DSML
- DSSL
- DTCP
- DTCP+
- DTLA
- DTS
- DTS-HD
- DTS-HD Master Audio
- DTV
- Dual Layer DVD Re-Writeable
- Dual-Voltage MultiMediaCard
- DualShock
- DualShock 2
- DualShock 3
- DUPE
- Durabis
- DV
- DV-MMC
- DVB
- DVB-C
- DVB-H
- DVB-S
- DVB-T
- DVCAM
- DVCD
- DVCPro
- DVD
- DVD CCA
- DVD Copy Control Association
- DVD Dual Layer Recordable
- DVD Forum
- DVD Re-Writable
- DVD Read Only Memory
- DVD Recordable
- DVD Region Codes
- DVD Screener
- DVD Video Object
- DVD Video OBject Unit
- DVD+R
- DVD+R DL
- DVD+RW
- DVD+RW Alliance
- DVD+RW DL
- DVD+VR
- DVD-10
- DVD-14
- DVD-18
- DVD-5
- DVD-9
- DVD-A
- DVD-Audio
- DVD-Audio Zone
- DVD-MP3
- DVD-R
- DVD-R DL
- DVD-R9
- DVD-RAM
- DVD-RAM Promotion Group
- DVD-Random Access Memory
- DVD-Rip
- DVD-ROM
- DVD-RW
- DVD-RW DL
- DVD-VCD
- DVD-Video
- DVD-Video Zone
- DVD-VR
- DVD/TV Combo
- DVDR
- DVDScr
- DVI
- DVI-A
- DVI-D
- DVI-I
- DVR
- DVR-MS
- DVS
- DxDiag
- DXGI
- Dynamic Range Compression
- Dynamic WEP
- E
- E (Everyone)
- E for All
- e-MMC
- E05
- E06
- E09
- E10
- E10+ (Everyone 10+)
- E18
- E3 Expo
- E3 Media and Business Summit
- E64
- E65
- E66
- E67
- E68
- E69
- E71
- E74
- eAAC+
- EAC
- EasyCas
- EB
- EBC
- Ebit
- EBU
- EC (Early Childhood)
- ed2k
- EDA
- EDGE
- EDID
- eDonkey2000
- EDTV
- EFA
- EFC
- EFF
- EFI
- EFI Byte Code
- eG8
- EGA
- EIA
- EiB
- Eibit
- Electronic Entertainment Expo
- Electronic Frontier Foundation
- Electronic Frontiers Australia
- Electronic Frontiers Canada
- Electronic Industries Alliance
- Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool
- Electronic Programming Guide
- Electronic Publication
- Elementary Streams
- EMA
- Encode
- Enhanced CD
- Enhanced Data for Global Evolution
- Enhanced Definition Television
- Enhanced Display Adapter
- Enhanced Graphics Adapter
- Enhanced Versatile Disc
- Entertainment Merchants Association
- Entertainment Software Association
- Entertainment Software Rating Board
- EPEAT
- EPG
- ePUB
- ESA
- eSATA
- ESRB
- Ethernet
- ETSI
- EuroCrypt
- EuroDec
- European Broadcasting Union
- European Telecommunications Standards Institute
- Eurotariff
- EV-DO
- EV-DO Rev 0
- EV-DO Rev A
- EVD
- EVGA
- Evolution-Data Optimized
- Evolution-X
- Evolved High-Speed Packet Access
- Exabit
- Exabyte
- Exact Audio Copy
- exaFLOPS
- ExaScale
- Exbibit
- Exbibyte
- Exploit Wednesday
- Extended Architecture
- Extended Architecture
- eXtended Detail Enhancement
- Extended Direct Client to Client
- Extended Display Identification Data
- Extended Graphics Array 2
- eXtended Graphics Array Plus
- eXtended SuperVideoCD
- Extended Video Graphics Array
- eXtended VideoCD
- Extensible Firmware Interface
- External SATA
- Extreme Definition Video
- extreme Digital
- ExtremeFSS
- Extro
- Eye-Fi
- EZ-D
- F
- F-Stop
- FAAC
- FACT
- FairPlay
- FAST
- FastTrack
- FAT
- Federation Against Copyright Theft
- Federation Against Software Theft
- FF Video Codec 1
- FFV1
- Field
- Field Dominance
- Field Order
- Fieldrate
- File Allocation Table
- File Transfer Protocol
- Filter
- Final Standard Profile
- FireCrypt
- FireWire
- Firmware
- Firstplay
- Fixed Pixel Display
- FLAC
- FLash Video
- Flipper
- Floating Point Operations per Second
- Floating Point Unit
- FLOPS
- FLV
- Focal-Stop
- Folding@home
- Forward Versatile Disc
- FourCC
- FPD
- fps
- FPU
- Frame
- Framerate
- frames per second
- Frameserve
- FRAND
- Free Lossless Audio Codec
- Freeview HD
- Freeware Advanced Audio Coder
- Freeware HD
- Frequency
- Fserves
- FTP
- Full Frame
- Full HD
- Fullscreen
- Fusion Drive
- FVD
- G
- G.722.2
- Game Developers Conference
- Gamma Correction
- GB
- Gbit
- Gbyte
- GDC
- General Hardware-Oriented System Transfer
- General Purpose Graphics Processing Unit
- GHO
- Ghost
- GHS
- GiB
- Gibibit
- Gibibyte
- Gibit
- GIF
- Gigabit
- Gigabyte
- gigaFLOPS
- gigibyte
- Global Motion Compensation
- Global System for Mobile Communication
- GMC
- GodMode
- Gold Farming
- Golden Joysticks
- Google TV
- GOP
- GPGPU
- GPRS
- GPU
- Grace Period Profile
- Graphics Interchange Format
- Graphics Processing Unit
- Griffin
- Group Of Pictures
- Gruvi
- GSM
- GSM 800
- gsm 850
- GSM 900
- GSM Association
- GSMA
- GSMA Mobile World Congress
- GUI
- H
- H.264
- HADOPI
- Half D1
- Half-QVGA
- Half-size VGA
- Hardcoded Subtitles
- HbbTV
- HbbTV Consortium
- HCC
- HD
- HD DVD
- HD DVD Promotion Group
- HD DVD-R
- HD DVD-RAM
- HD Ready
- HD VMD
- HDCD
- HDCP
- HDi
- HDMI
- HDTV
- HDV
- HE-AAC
- HE-AAC v2
- Hercules Color Card
- Hercules Graphics Card
- Hertz
- Hexadecatuple Extended Graphics Array
- Hexadecatuple Super Extended Graphics Array
- Hexadecatuple Ultra Extended Graphics Array
- HGC
- Hi-MD
- Hi8
- high capacity minidisc
- High Definition
- High Definition Digital Versatile Disc
- High Definition Versatile Multilayer Discs
- High Density Digital Versatile Disc
- High Resolution Audio
- High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection
- High-Definition Compact Disc
- High-Definition Compatible Digital
- High-Definition Digital Video
- High-Definition Multimedia Interface
- High-Definition Television
- High-Speed Downlink Packet Access
- Home Theater Personal Computer
- Homebrew
- HQ-VCD
- HQVGA
- HSDPA
- HSPA+
- HSXGA
- HTC Sense
- HTPC
- HTTP 403
- HTTP 404
- Huffyuv
- HUXGA
- HVGA
- HXGA
- Hz
- I
- I Frame
- I-HSPA
- I-MPEG
- IBC
- IBI
- IBM 8514
- IBM CGA
- IBM MDA
- IBP
- IBQ
- ID3
- ID3 Tag
- IDCGISwapChain
- IDCT
- IDE
- IDR Frame
- IDTV
- IDXGIAdapter
- IDXGIDevice
- IDXGIFactory
- IDXGIOutput
- IDXGIResource
- IEEE
- IEEE 802.11i-2004
- IEEE.1394
- IEF
- IFO
- IFPI
- IGZO
- iHD
- ILVU
- IMA
- IMG file
- IMPALA
- Improved-definition Television
- IMRO
- IMZ
- In-Loop Deblocking
- Increased Digital Resolution
- Indeo
- Indeo Video Format
- Independent Music Companies Association
- iNFO File
- InFOrmation
- Initial Standard Profile
- Instant CD/DVD Disc Image
- Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
- Integrated Graphics
- Intel Boot Initiative
- Intel Indeo
- Interactive Software Federation of Europe
- Interlace
- Interleaved Video Units
- Interleaving
- INTERNAL
- International Broadcasting Convention
- International Federation of the Phonographic Industry
- International Telecommunication Union
- Internet HSPA
- Internet Relay Chat
- Internet Watch Foundation
- Interpolation
- Inverse Telecine
- iOS
- iOS 2
- iOS 3
- iOS 4
- iOS 5
- iOS 7
- IPhone SoftWare
- ipsw
- IRC
- Irdeto
- Irdeto 1
- Irdeto 2
- Irish Music Rights Organization
- Irish Recorded Music Association
- IRMA
- ISO
- ISO 13818
- ISO 21000
- ISO 32000
- ISO 9660
- ISO Zipped
- IsoBuster
- ISZ
- ITU
- ITU-R BT.601
- iTunes Video File
- IVF
- IVTC
- IWF
- J
- Jailbreaking
- JEDEC
- Jedec Solid-State Technology Association
- Jelly Bean
- JIF
- Jitter
- Joint Electron Device Engineering Council
- Joint Photographic Experts Group
- Joint Video Team
- Joliet
- JPEG
- JPG
- JSO
- JVT
- K
- K Computer
- K Desktop Environment
- K Video Compression Dynamics
- Kad
- Kademlia
- kB
- kbit
- Kbyte
- KDE
- Kell Factor
- Key Frame
- KeyFly
- KF8
- KiB
- Kibibit
- Kibibyte
- Kibit
- Kilobit
- Kilobyte
- kiloFLOPS
- Kindle Format 8
- Kinect
- KVCD
- Kxploit
- L
- LabelFlash
- Lagarith
- LAME
- LAME Ain't an Mp3 Encoder
- LAN
- LaserDisc
- Layer Break
- LCD TVs
- Lead-in
- Lead-out
- Leech
- Leecher
- Left
- Left Channel
- Left Surround
- Left Surround Channel
- Legos
- Letterbox
- LFE
- libavcodec
- Lightscribe
- Limited
- Line Pair
- Linear PCM
- Linear pulse code modulation
- Lines of Horizontal Resolution
- Lines of Resolution
- Lines per Picture Height
- Linux
- Liquid-crystal display televisions
- LiquidHD
- Live Tiles
- LiveArea
- Local Area Network
- Logistep
- Long-Term Evolution
- Long-Term Evolution
- Lossless Compression
- Lossy Compression
- Low Frequency Effects Channel
- LPCM
- LTE
- LTE Advanced
- Lucky and Flo
- Luma
- Lumia
- Luminance
- Luminosity
- M
- M (Mature)
- M-DMC
- M-DMD
- M-DMP
- M-DMS
- M-DMU
- M-JPEG
- M-NCF
- M1V
- M2TS
- M2V
- M3U
- M4A
- M4IF
- M4V
- MacDefender
- Macrium Reflect
- Macrium Reflect Image
- Macroblock
- Macroblock-Adaptive Frame/Field Coding
- Macrovision
- made-for-video
- Magnet
- MainProfile@H-14
- MainProfile@HighLevel
- MainProfile@MainLevel
- MAN
- Mandatory audio
- Mandatory Managed Copy
- manufacturer ID
- Manufacturing On Demand
- MAP
- Master Database File
- Masterbox
- Matrix Surround
- Matroska
- MB
- MBAFF
- Mbit
- Mbyte
- MCGA
- MD Data
- MD5
- MDA
- MDA Card
- MDF file
- MDLP
- MDPA
- MDS file
- Mebibit
- Mebibyte
- Media Access Project
- Media DeScriptor File
- Media Interoperability Unit
- MediaDefender
- MediaGuard 1
- Mediaguard 2
- Mediaguard 3
- MediaMax
- Mega
- Megabit
- Megabyte
- megaFLOPS
- Megapixel
- Memory Controller Gate Array
- Message Digest 5
- Message-Digest Algorithm 5
- Metropolitan Area Network
- MFTP
- MiB
- Mibit
- miCard
- MicroSD
- MicroSD eXtended Capacity
- microSDHC
- microSDXC
- MID
- MIDI
- MIDI Committee of the Association of Musical Electronic Industry
- MIDI Manufacturers Association
- mini Digital Video
- MiniDisc
- MiniDisc Long Play
- MiniDisc-Data
- miniDV
- miniDVD
- miniSD
- miniSD High Capacity
- miniSDHC
- MIPI
- MIU
- MKV
- MMA
- MMC
- MMCA
- MMCmicro
- MMCmobile
- MMCplus
- MNG
- Mobile Digital Media Controller
- Mobile Digital Media Downloader
- Mobile Digital Media Player
- Mobile Digital Media Server
- Mobile Digital Media Uploader
- Mobile Network Connectivity Function
- Mobile World Congress
- MoD
- Mod16
- Modchip
- Monkey's Audio
- Monochrome Display Adapter
- Monochrome Display and Printer Adapter
- Mosquitoes
- Motion Estimation
- Motion JPEG
- Motion Picture Association
- Motion Picture Association of America
- MotoBlur
- Mount Rainier
- MOV
- Moving Picture Experts Group
- Moving Pictures Expert Group
- MP
- MP+
- MP2
- MP3
- MP3 plus Graphics
- MP3+G
- MP4
- MP@H-14
- MP@HL
- MP@ML
- MPA
- MPAA
- MPEG
- MPEG 3 URL
- MPEG Advanced Audio Coding
- MPEG-1
- MPEG-1 Audio Layer III
- MPEG-1 Audio Layer III Plus Graphics
- MPEG-1 IPB videostream
- MPEG-1 Layer II
- MPEG-2
- MPEG-2 AAC
- MPEG-2 Layer II
- MPEG-2 NBC
- MPEG-2 Packetized Elementary Stream
- MPEG-2 Program Stream
- MPEG-2 PS
- MPEG-2 Transport Stream
- MPEG-2 TS
- MPEG-21
- MPEG-4
- MPEG-4 ASP
- MPEG-4 Industry Forum
- MPEG-4 Part 10
- MPEG-4 Part 2
- MPEG-4 SP
- MPEG-7
- MPV
- MRIMG
- MRW
- MSU Lossless Video Codec
- Multi-Angle
- Multi-Color Graphics Array
- Multi-pass encoding
- Multimedia Interface Card
- MultiMediaCard
- MultiMediaCard Association
- MultiMediaCard Micro
- MultiMediaCard Mobile
- MultiMediaCard Plus
- Multiple Direct Client to Client
- Multiple Program Transport Stream
- Multiple-image Network Graphics
- Multiplexing
- Multisession
- Multisource File Transfer Protocol
- Musepack (MP+)
- Music Industry Piracy Investigations
- Musical Instrument Digital Interface
- MusicDNA
- Muxing
- mux_rate
- MWC
- N
- NAB
- Nagravision
- Nagravision 3
- Nagravision Aladin
- Nagravision Cardmagedon
- Nagware
- Napster
- National Association of Broadcasters
- National Association of Theater Owners
- National Music Publishers Association
- National Television System Committee
- Native Resolution
- NATO
- Navigation Stream
- NDS
- NDS VideoGuard
- NDSL
- Near Field Communication
- Neotion SHL
- Neotioncrypt
- Nero Digital
- Nero Digital AVC
- New Technology File System
- NewZBin
- Next Generation Video Gaming Card
- NFC
- NFO
- Nickname Service
- Nickserv
- Nintendo DS
- Nintendo DS Lite
- Nintendo DSi
- Nintendo DSi LL
- NMPA
- Noise
- Not Found
- NRG
- NTFS
- NTSC
- NUKED
- NVG Card
- NVIDIA Optimus
- Nyquist Frequency
- Nyquist-Shannon Sampling Theorem
- NZB
- O
- O&O DiskImage
- ODB
- ODF
- ODG
- ODP
- ODS
- ODT
- OEM
- Ofcom
- Ogg
- Ogg Media
- Ogg Tarkin
- Ogg Theora
- Ogg Vorbis
- OGM
- OHA
- OMA
- OMG
- OmniCrypt
- On The Fly
- on the fly encryption
- Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act
- Open Captions
- Open FastTrack
- Open Graphics Library
- Open Handset Alliance
- Open Rights Group
- OpenDocumentFormat
- OpenFT
- OpenGL
- OpenMG
- Opposite Track Path
- OptimFROG
- OptimFROG DualStream
- ORG
- Original Equipment Manufacturer
- OTA
- P
- P&S
- P-CAV
- P-frame
- P2P
- Pack
- Packed Format
- Packet
- PAL
- Pan & Scan
- Pan-European Game Information
- PAR
- Parallel ATA
- Parallel Track Path
- Partial CAV
- Partial-Constant Angular Velocity
- Partimage
- PARTIMG
- PARTIMG.BZ2
- PARTIMG.GZ
- Partition
- PASC
- Passive-Matrix
- PATA
- Patch Tuesday
- Paul Dirac
- PB
- Pbit
- PCeU
- PDI
- PDMI
- PDP
- PDVD
- Pebibit
- Pebibyte
- Peer-to-peer
- PeerDNS
- PEGI
- PEGI 12
- PEGI 16
- PEGI 18
- PEGI 3
- PEGI 7
- PEGI OK
- Period
- Personal Video Recorder
- Petabit
- Petabyte
- petaFLOPS
- PGC
- Phantom DSL
- Phase
- Phase Alternating Line
- Phorm
- PiB
- Pibit
- PicAFF
- Picture Element
- Picture In Picture
- Picture Outside Picture
- Picture-Level Frame/Field Coding
- Pillarbox
- PIP
- Pirated DVD
- Pit
- Pixel
- Pixel Aspect Ratio
- Place Shifting
- Planar Format
- Plasma display
- PlayStation Move
- Playstation Portable
- Playstation Portable Slim and Lite
- PlayStation Vita
- PNG
- PoE
- POP
- Portable Device Media Interface
- Portable Document Format
- Portable Network Graphics
- Power over Ethernet
- PowerPoint Slideshow
- PowerVu
- PowerVu+
- PPS
- PPT
- PPVRip
- PQDI
- PQI
- Pre-shared Key
- Precision Adaptive Sub-band Coding
- Predictive video frame
- Presentation Stream
- Profile
- Profile 1.0
- Profile 1.1
- Profile 2.0
- Program Chain
- Progressive
- Prohibited User Operation
- Project Natal
- PROPER
- Prosumer
- PS
- PS Jailbreak
- PSfreedom
- PSgroove
- PSK
- PSP
- PSP Go!
- PSPgo
- PSVita
- PSX DVR
- PTP
- Public Knowledge
- Pulldown
- PUO
- PVR
- Pwn2Own
- PX
- Q
- Q-Pel
- QAM
- QCIF
- Qflix
- Qpel
- QQVGA
- QSXGA
- QT
- Quad eXtended Graphics Array
- Quad HDTV
- Quad Super Extended Graphics Array
- Quad Ultra Extended Graphics Array
- QuadHD
- Quadrature amplitude modulation
- Quarter Common Intermediate Format
- Quarter D1
- Quarter Pixel Motion Estimation
- Quarter VGA
- Quarter-QVGA
- QuickTime
- QuickTime Movie
- QUXGA
- QVGA
- QXGA
- R
- R'G'B'
- R5
- RA
- ram
- RAM Promotion Group
- RAMbo Drive
- RAMDAC
- RAMPRG
- Random access
- Random access memory
- Random Access Memory Digital-to-Analog Converter
- RapidDrive
- RAR
- RAS
- RAW
- Raw DV
- RAW Video
- RCE
- RDOD
- RealAudio
- RealDVD
- RealMedia
- RealMedia Variable Bitrate
- RealVideo
- Rear Channel
- Rec.601
- Recording Industry Association of America
- Red Dot of Death
- Red Green Blue
- Red Ring of Death
- Reduced-Size MultiMediaCard
- Region 0 DVD
- Region 1 DVD
- Region 2 DVD
- Region 3 DVD
- Region 4 DVD
- Region 5
- Region 5 DVD
- Region 6 DVD
- Region 7 DVD
- Region 8 DVD
- Region code
- Region Coding Enhancement
- Region Free
- Region-code enhanced
- Regional-Playback Control
- Release to Manufacturing
- Remote Authorization System
- Remote Storage - Digital Video Recorder
- REPACK
- Resolution
- Resource Interchange File Format
- Retina Display
- Reverse Telecine
- RGB
- RIAA
- RIFF-WAV
- Right
- Right Channel
- Right Surround
- Right Surround Channel
- Rijndael
- Rip
- RipGuard
- Riplock
- RM
- rmvb
- ROM Mark
- Roms
- Roshal ARchive
- RossCrypt
- RP (Ratings Pending)
- RPC
- RPC-1
- RPC-2
- RROD
- RS-DVR
- RS-MMC
- RSDL
- rtm
- RusCrypto
- Rustock
- S
- S-VHS
- S-VHS-C
- S-Video
- S/N
- S/PDIF
- SACD
- Sample
- Samplerate
- Sampling Frequency
- Sampling Theorem
- SAR
- SATA
- SATA 1
- SATA II
- SATA2
- SBR
- Scanline
- Scareware
- SCMS
- Screener
- SCSA
- SD
- SD Card Association
- SD Plus
- SDA
- SDDS
- SDHC
- SDIO
- SDRAM
- SDSL
- SDTV
- SDV
- SDXC
- SECAM
- SecurDisc
- Secure Content Storage Association
- Secure Digital (SD) Memory Cards
- Secure Digital eXtended Capacity
- Secure Digital High Capacity
- Secure Digital Input Output
- Secure Digital Plus
- Secure Sockets Layer
- SecureMMC
- Seedbox
- Seeding
- Selectable Output Control
- Self Mounting Image
- Sense 3.5
- Separated Video
- Sequential Colour with Memory
- Sequential Couleur Avec Memoire
- Serial ATA
- Serial Copy Management System
- Service Set Identifier
- SESAC
- Session
- Set-Top Box
- Set-Top Unit
- SFV
- Shareware
- SheerVideo
- SHN
- Shockwave Flash
- Shorten
- SHV
- SIF
- Signal Aspect Ratio
- Signal-to-Noise ratio
- SIIA
- SIMM
- Simple File Verification
- Simple Profile
- Single layer Blu-ray disc
- Single Program Transport Stream
- Single Sided Dual Layer
- Single Sided Single Layer
- Siri
- Sixaxis
- SkyCrypt
- Smacker
- Smacker Video
- Small Outline Dual In-line Memory Module
- SmartGlass
- SMF
- SMI
- SMPTE
- SMPTE 421M
- snow
- SNR
- SOC
- SOCAN
- Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada
- Society of European Stage Authors & Composers
- Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers
- SODIMM
- Software and Information Industry Association
- Sony Dynamic Digital Sound
- Sony/Philips Digital Interconnect Format
- SOPA
- SOUNDabout Lossless
- SoundExchange
- SoundVQ
- SP
- Spambot
- SPDIF
- Speedmenu
- SPTS
- SRT
- SSA
- SSDL
- SSID
- SSL
- SSSL
- Standard Definition
- Standard Digital Television
- Standard Interchange Format
- Standard MIDI File
- STB
- Steam
- Stop Online Piracy Act
- Storage Aspect Ratio
- straight-to-DVD
- straight-to-video
- Stream Capture
- Streaming
- STU
- Stuxnet
- STV
- SubRip Subtitle File
- SubStation Alpha
- Super eXtended Graphics Array
- Super eXtended Graphics Array Plus
- Super Hi-Vision
- Super Multi
- Super VGA
- Super Video Graphics Array
- Super-Resolution
- SuperAudioCD
- SuperVCD
- SuperVHS
- SuperVideoCD
- Surround
- Surround Channel
- Surround Sound
- SVCD
- SVGA
- SVHS
- Swap Magic
- Swaploit
- swf
- Switched Digital Video
- SWM
- SXGA
- SXGA+
- SXGA-
- Symmetrical DSL
- T
- T (Teen)
- T-Crypt
- Table Of Contents
- Taiyo Yuden
- TAO
- TB
- Tbit
- Tbyte
- TC
- TDSS
- TDSServ
- Tebibit
- Tebibyte
- Telecide
- Telecine
- Temporal Key Integrity Protocol
- Terabit
- Terabyte
- teraFLOPS
- Tethering
- TF
- ThalesCrypt
- THD
- The Independent Game developer Association
- The Onion Router
- Theora
- Third Generation Partnership Project 2
- THX
- Tianhe-1A
- TiB
- TIB (format)
- Tibit
- Tidserv
- TIGA
- Time Shifting
- Time to Live
- Titan
- Title
- TiVo
- TKIP
- TMDS
- TOC
- Tomlinson Holman's eXperiment
- Top Field First
- TOR
- Torrent
- Total HD
- Total Hi Defintion Disc
- TouchWiz
- TouchWiz 3.0
- TouchWiz 4.0
- TouchWiz UX
- TPS-Crypt
- Track
- Tracker
- Track_At_Once
- Transcoding
- TransFlash
- Transition Minimized Differential Signaling
- Triple play
- True Audio
- True Cinema
- TrueImage
- TrustedFlash
- TTA
- TTL
- TurboCore
- TV Line
- TV Lines per Picture Height
- TV-RIP
- TwinVQ
- TY
- Type 1 DV
- Type 2 DV
- U
- UAA
- UDF
- UDF 1.02
- UDF 1.50
- UDF 2.00
- UDF 2.50
- UDF 2.60
- UDF Bridge
- UDF/ISO
- UDIF
- UEFI
- UER
- UHDTV
- UHDV
- UIF
- UKIE
- Ultra Definition
- Ultra eXtended Graphics Array
- Ultra High Definition Television
- Ultra High Definition Video
- Ultra VGA
- Ultra Video Graphics Array
- Ultrabook
- UltraISO
- UltraViolet
- UMA
- UMD
- Unified EFI Forum
- Unified Extensible Firmware Interface
- Uniform Resource Locator
- Universal Audio Architecture
- Universal Disk Format
- Universal Disk Image Format
- Universal Image Format
- Universal Media Disc
- Universal Plug and Play
- Universal Serial Bus
- Unlicensed Mobile Access
- UOP
- UPnP
- Upscaling
- url
- USB
- USB 1.1
- USB 2.0
- USB 3.0
- Usenet
- User Operation Prohibitions
- ustom Electronics Design and Installation Association
- UVGA
- UXGA
- V
- V2000
- V2I
- V422
- Variable Bitrate
- Variable Block-Size Motion Compensation
- Variable Framerate
- VBR
- VBSMC
- VC-1
- VC4
- VCC
- VCD
- VCPS
- VDI
- Vector Quantization Format
- Versatile Multilayer Disc
- Vertical Helix Scan
- VESA
- VFD
- VFR
- VfW
- VGA
- VGA2EGA
- VHD
- VHS
- VHS-C
- VHSRip
- Viaccess
- Viaccess 1
- Viaccess 2
- Viaccess 3
- Viaccess PC2.3
- Viaccess PC2.4
- Viaccess PC2.5
- Viaccess PC2.6
- Viaccess PC3.0
- Video 2000
- Video Capture
- Video Coding 1
- Video Compact Cassette
- Video Compression 1
- Video Content Protection System
- Video Electronic Standards Association
- Video for Windows
- Video Graphics Array
- Video Home System
- Video Manager Group
- Video Object
- Video OBject Unit
- Video Standards Council
- Video Title Set
- Video8
- VideoCD
- Videotape
- VIDEO_RM
- VIDEO_TS
- Virtual CD
- Virtual Disk Image
- Virtual drive
- Virtual Hard Disk
- Virtual Machine Disk Format
- Virtual Network Computing
- VirtualBox
- VirtualPC
- Visual Resolution
- VMD
- VMDK
- VMG
- VNC
- VOB
- VOBU
- Vorbis
- VP3
- VP8
- VQF
- VSC
- VTS
- W
- Waledac
- Walkman
- WAN
- Warez
- Watermarks
- WAV
- Waveform Audio Format
- WebGL
- WebM
- webOS
- WEP
- WEP2
- WEPplus
- WGA
- Which?
- White Hat
- white noise
- White Spaces Coalition
- WHSXGA
- WHUXGA
- WHXGA
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Protected Access
- Wide Area Network
- Wide Hexadecatuple Extended Graphics Array
- Wide Hexadecatuple Super Extended Graphics Array
- Wide Hexadecatuple Ultra Extended Graphics Array
- Wide Quad eXtended Graphics Array
- Wide Quad Super Extended Graphics Array
- Wide Quad Ultra Extended Graphics Array
- Wide QVGA
- Wide VGA
- Wide XGA
- Widescreen
- Widescreen Ultra eXtended Graphics Array
- WiGig
- WiHD
- WIM
- WiMAX
- WiMAX 2
- WiMAX Forum
- Windows Genuine Advantage
- Windows Imaging Format
- Windows Media
- Windows Media Audio
- Windows Media Format
- Windows Media Lossless
- Windows Media Player
- Windows Media Video
- Windows Media Video 9
- WIPO
- WIPO Copyright and Performances and Phonograms Treaties Implementation Act
- Wired Equivalent Privacy
- Wireless Gigabit
- Wireless Gigabit Alliance
- WirelessHD
- WMA
- WMA plus Graphics
- WMA+G
- WMF
- WMP
- WMV
- WMV HD
- wobble groove
- Workprint
- World Intellectual Property Organization
- Worldwide Developers Conference
- Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access.
- WPA
- WPA2
- WQSXGA
- WQUXGA
- WQVGA
- WQXGA
- Wrapper
- WSC
- WSXGA
- WUXGA
- WVGA
- WWDC
- WXGA
- WXGA+
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