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Acronym
Definition
OWASP
Open Web Application Security, security standard
VMDK
Virtual Machine Disk, software “image” for installation
WAN
Wide Area Network (normally referring to entire Corporate Network). A wide area network (WAN) is a telecommunications network or computer network that extends over a large geographical distance. Wide area networks are often established with leased telecommunication circuits.
LAN
Local Area Network (normally your business floor or group, network coming from one switch). A local area network (LAN) is a computer network that interconnects computers within a limited area such as a residence, school, laboratory, university campus or office building[1] and has its network equipment and interconnects locally managed.
WYSIWYG
What You See Is What You Get, generally referring to web page layout software
CSS
Cascading Style Sheets, code to define certain HTML calls on webpage
HTML
HyperText Markup Language, webpage code
SaaS
Software as a Service, cloud computing, no need to download software to local machine
PEBCAK
Problem Exists Between Chair And Keyboard, software support cop out when they can’t solve a user’s problem
ID10T
Error spells Idiot
PICNIC
Problem in chair, not in computer
HLS
HTTP Live Streaming, H.264 stream protocol
VP9
VP9 is an open and royalty free video coding format developed by Google.
SRT
Secure Reliable Transport protocol (SRT) is an open source protocol pioneered by Haivision which leverages an intelligent packet retransmit mechanism on top of a UDP data flow, along with AES256 encryption
RTMP
Real Time Messaging Protocol, (RTMP) is a mature, well established streaming protocol with a reputation for reliability thanks to its TCP-based packet-retransmit capabilities and adjustable buffers
RTT
Round trip time
Reflector
Installed appliance on your network to relieve bandwidth crossing the firewall
Chat
Protocol used by Qwikcast for viewer to ask questions, moderator to control Q&A and ability to respond individually or en masse
Yammer
Corporate chat tool controlled on company network, secure
Polling
Tool for real-time audience voting and presentation of results
Surveys
Tool for collecting responses from viewers
VLC
Open source, cross-platform media player written by the VideoLAN project, allows viewing from mobile devices
QuickTime
Apple video player, container for video transport
WMV
Windows Media Video, Microsoft compression technology based on MPEG-4 Version 9
WMF
Windows Metafile extension
MOV
Quicktime movie file extension
Mp4
Movie format, Part 14 of the MPEG-4 standard, used for DVD/Blu-ray playback
Mpg
File extension for an MPEG movie file
MPEG
Motion Picture Experts Group, compression scheme for video
Ping
Echo Request message in Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP). Testing computer response time to another computer
Trace Route
TCP/IP, used to determine packet route to a host computer
Latency
Waiting time between computers exchanging information
Unicast
Individual transmit streams to individual computers
Multicast
One stream from server sent to an Ethernet switch that supplies to computers on that LAN. Multicast (one-to-many or many-to-many distribution) is group communication where information is addressed to a group of destination computers simultaneously
VOD
Video on Demand, recorded video plays upon request
SSO
Single Sign On - Enterprise authentication tool guarding access to the corporate network
LDAP
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol, used to query network directoriies, normall employee groups
VC
Video Conferencing, real-time, full duplex communication using h.263 video compression
IFB
Interruptible feedback, talent cueing system used in production
Comm
Communication channel used by production staff during production
Resolution
Normally refers to Display resolution, HD common displays are 1920x1080, 720x560
Frame Rate
Number of individual frames per second, normally 29.97fps, 59.94fps
RLE
Run-length encoding, compares video frames and records only pixel differnces
VBR
Variable Bitrate, non-constant sound or video encoding bit-rate, normall most efficient
JSON
JavaScript Object Notification, most often seen when there is a javascript error in programming, "json error"
SDK
Software Development Kit
AAC
Advanced Audio Coding
AIFF
Audio Interchange File Format
MP3
MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3
PCM
Pulse-code modulation
WAV
Waveform Audio File Format
GIF
Graphics Interchange Format
PNG
Portable Network Graphics, popular in web design as this format allows transparent backgrounds
ProRes
Apple format for uncompressed HD recording (large files)
Motion JPEG
Video compression where each frame is stored as a jpeg image. High quality but file size is huge.
JPEG
Committee called the Joint Photographic Experts Group that defined compression of photographic images.
TIFF
Tagged Image File Format storing images to make high-quality raster graphics.
OTT
Over the top television, beyond your cable subscription Cable tv set top "box".
DRM
Digital Rights Management attempting to manage how digital content is used, copied and distributed.
3G-SDI
3 Gigabit Serial Digital Interface standard developed by SMPTE
SMPTE
Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers
V-1SDI
Roland brand hardware video switcher allowing various sources including 3G-SDI and HDMI inputs
SDI
Serial Digital Interface variety of video compression
HDMI
High-Definition Multimedia Interface variety of video compression
VGA
Video Graphics Array display and connector developed by IBM in 1987
S-VGA
Super Video Graphics Array offering higher resolution and color definition than standard VGA
Composite
Analog version of video combining luminance, chorminance and synchronization
RGB
Red, Green, Blue light colors to create the additive color spectrum in video
UX
User Experience
4K
Display resolution displaying approximately 4,000 pixels along a horizontal line
UHD
Ultra High Definition displaying a resolution of 3840x2160 pixels, four times the resolution of standard HD (1920x1080)
Wi-Fi
Wireless Fidelity
VR
Virtual Reality, as opposed to Actual Reality
AR
Augumented Reality layering digital content to a real-world environment
UDP
User Datagram Protocol used for sending data across networks
HDR
High Dynamic Range used to produce higher degree of contrast, color saturation and brightness levels (as opposed to Standard Dynamic Range)
CDN
Content Delivery Network using distributed servers, and be public or private
DASH
Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP adapting stream quality to maximize viewer's connectivity
FMS
In technology most often used for File Management System, Facilities Management Software, Fault Management System, Flash Media Server
Token
Data delivered from your browser to account for session, access to an API or security environment
AES-128
Advanced Encryption Standard using a 128-bit key length
BGP
Border Gateway Protocol decides internet signal routes
MAC Address
A media access control address (MAC address) is a unique identifier assigned to network interfaces for communications on the physical network segment.
OUI
Organizationally Unique Identifier is a 24-bit number that uniquely identifies a vendor or manufacturer. They are purchased and assigned by the IEEE.
Oauth
OAuth is an open standard for authorization, commonly used as a way for Internet users to authorize websites or applications to access their information on other websites but without giving them the passwords.
SEIM
Security Information & Event Management (SIEM) software products and services combine security information management (SIM) and security event management (SEM)
IAM
Identity and Access Management, often used in concert with SSO and LDAP protocols
CASB
Cloud Access Security Brokers, Cloud security
EVP
Enterprise Voice Portal, Electronic Voice Phenomenon, Employee Value Proposition, Executive Vice President
DLL
Dynamic Link Library, contain code and data that can be used by multiple programs simultaneously
PWA
Progressive Web Apps, improve website appearance and use on mobile devices
WebRTC
Web "Real-Time Communication" - enables applications such as video conferencing, file transfer, chat or disktop sharing without the need for external plugins
W3C
World Wide Web Consortium
IETF
Internet Engineering Task Force
SMB or SMB's
Small Business Solutions
SMB (2)
Server Message Block also known as Common Internet File System (CIFS)
CIFS
Common Internet File System
BSD License
Family of permissive open-source software licenses
LGPL3+
version 3 or later, GNU Lesser General Public License published by the Free Software Foundation (FSF)
NLOS
Non-Line of Sight propagation
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