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

MN-MIMO

Mobile Networked Multiple Input Multiple Output, advanced wireless communication technology

RISC

Reduced Instruction set computer

GDPR

The General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679),[1] abbreviated GDPR, is a European Union regulation on information privacy in the European Union (EU) and the European Economic Area (EEA)

KPI

Key Performance Indicators

SHA-256

Secure Hash Algorithm, Cryptographic Hash Algoritym, sometimes called "digest", encrypting for data in transit, used in Blockchain

VRA

Vendor Risk Assessment

CORS

Cross-Origin Resource sharing, using header information sharing resources from other sites

TLS

Transport Layer Security

XSS

Cross-Site Scripting

CBC

Cipher Block Chaining

POODLE

Padding Oracle On Downgraded Legacy Encryption

2FA

Two factor authentication

SHA

Secure Hash Algorithm

SOC2

Systems and Organizational Controls - versions 1, 2, 3 - normally produced by Accounting firms, normally associated with AICPA, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants

FEP

Front End Processor, deals with routers and ensuring "network traffic" doesn't get "stuck"

MPLS

Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) is a routing technique in telecommunications networks that directs data from one node to the next based on labels rather than network addresses.

SVOD

Subscription Video on Demand

AVOD

Advertising Supported Video on Demand

FAST

Free Advertising Supported TV

DOCSIS

Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification. Used to deliver internet access over cable network

HFC

Hybrid Fiber-coaxial infrastructure

DAA

Distributed acess Architecture

CRL

Certificate Revocation List - list of digital certificates that have been revoked by the issuing Certificate Authority. Can result in blocking a website that is not correctly configured with TLS or SSL.

SERPS

Search Engine Results Pages

UX

User Experience

RSS

Rich Site summary

Regex

Regular expressions

TPSP

Third Party Service Provider

NIST

NIST’s portfolio of services for measurements, standards, and legal metrology provide solutions that ensure measurement traceability, enable quality assurance, and harmonize documentary standards and regulatory practices.

CART

Communication Access Realtime Translation - stenographer (real person, not AI) captioning

CTV

Connected TV, refers to devices connected to your television, generally streaming from an internet connection. Devices include Roku, Chromecast, Amazon Fire Stick.

MANRS

Mutually Agreed Norms for Routing Security - similar to SOC2 security ratings, Implex is compliant to MANRS protocol, MANRS part of isoc.org - Internet Society

IRR

Internet Routing Registry - there are over 24 IRR databases that comprise the IRR ecosystem. There were a non-auth IRR and an authenticated IRR. Many non-auth systems were retired in early 2022. Networks need to adhere to the authentication system for their "routes" to be recognized.

ARIN

American Registry for Internet Numbers

ESG

Environment, Social and Governance issues

SWaM

Small, Women and Minority-owned business

UCaas

Unified Communications as a Service

CCaas

Contact Center as a Service

CGEM

Corporate, government, education and medical sectors

GPT

Generative Pre-trained Transformer

SPF

A sender policy framework (SPF) record is a type of DNS TXT record that lists all the servers authorized to send emails from a particular domain.

DKIM

DomainKeys Identified Mail Record Lookup is a tool that allows you to check the validity of a domain name and selector for a published DKIM key record

DMARC

Domain Message Authentication Reporting and Conformance, Check is a diagnostic tool that will parse the DMARC Record for the queried domain name, display the DMARC Record, and run a series of diagnostic checks against the record