Glossary
This page lists the definitions of technical terms and commonly used terms by Nihon.
HDMI: HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) is a compact audio/video interface for transmitting uncompressed digital data. HDMI supports, on a single cable, any TV or PC video format, including standard, enhanced, and high-definition video; up to 8 channels of digital audio; and a Consumer Electronics Control (CEC) connection.
OSD: OSD (On Screen Display) is an image superimposed on a screen picture, commonly used by LCDs, DVDs to display information such as volume, channel, time etc.
PAL: PAL (Phase Alternating Line) is an analogue television encoding system used in broadcast television systems in large parts of the world. Other common analogue television systems are SECAM and NTSC.
SECAM: SECAM (Sequential Color with Memory) is an analog color television system. SECAM. It is, historically, the first European color television standard. SECAM is a compatible standard, which means that monochrome television receivers predating its introduction are still able to show the programs, although only in black and white.
SECAM: SECAM (Sequential Color with Memory) is an analog color television system. SECAM. It is, historically, the first European color television standard. SECAM is a compatible standard, which means that monochrome television receivers predating its introduction are still able to show the programs, although only in black and white.
USB: USB (Universal Serial Bus) is a serial bus standard to connect devices to a host computer. USB was designed to allow many peripherals to be connected using a single standardized interface socket and to improve plug and play capabilities by allowing hot swapping; that is, by allowing devices to be connected and disconnected without rebooting the computer or turning off the device.
NTSC: NTSC (National Television System Committee) is responsible for setting television and video standards in the United States (in Europe and the rest of the world, the dominant television standards are PAL and SECAM). The NTSC standard for television defines a composite video signal with a refresh rate of 60 half-frames (interlaced) per second. Each frame contains 525 lines and can contain 16 million different colors.
DVD: DVD (Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc) is an optical disc storage media format. Its main uses are video and data storage. DVDs are of the same dimensions as compact discs (CDs), but store more than six times as much data.
VCD: VCD (Video Compact Disc) is a CD that contains moving pictures and sound. VCDs are playable in dedicated VCD players, most modern DVD-Video players, personal computers, and some video game consoles.
CD: CD(Compact Disc) is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was developed to store music at the start, but later it also allowed the storing of other kinds of data. CD have been available since October 1982. In 2009, they are still the standard physical medium for commercial audio recordings.
MP3: MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3, more commonly referred to as MP3, is a patented digital audio encoding format using a form of lossy data compression. It is a common audio format for consumer audio storage, as well as a de facto standard of digital audio compression for the transfer and playback of music on digital audio players. MP3 is an audio-specific format that was designed by the Moving Picture Experts Group.
WMA: WMA (Windows Media Audio) is an audio data compression technology developed by Microsoft. The name can be used to refer to its audio file format or its audio codecs. It is a proprietary technology that forms part of the Windows Media framework.
FM: FM (Frequency Modulation) conveys information over a carrier wave by varying its frequency (contrast this with amplitude modulation, in which the amplitude of the carrier is varied while its frequency remains constant).
