
Glossary
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DCE Data Communications Equipment: Typically a modem. It establishes, maintains and
terminates a session on a network but in itself is not the source (originator) or destination (end
receiving unit) of signals (e.g. a computer, see DTE). A DCE device may also convert signals
to comply with the transmission path (network) format.
DCT Discrete Cosine Transform: A technique for expressing a waveform as a weighted sum of
cosines. Raw video data is not readily compressible. DCT is not in itself a compression
technique but is used to process the video data so that it is compressible by an encoder. DCT
processes the picture on an 8x8-pixel block basis, converting the data from an
uncompressible X Y form (as displayed by an oscilloscope) to a compressible frequency
domain form (as displayed by a spectrum analyser). Can be forward DCT or inverse DCT.
DDS Direct Digital Synthesiser.
Decoder The unit containing the electronic circuitry necessary to decode encrypted signals. Some
Decoders are separate from the receiver but in satellite TV broadcasting, the term is often
used interchangeably as a name for an Integrated Receiver Decoder (IRD). The term IRD, or
IRD / Decoder, is usually associated with satellite TV broadcasting while Cable systems are
based on Converters or on Set-Top Boxes / Converters.
Decoding Time-stamp A field that may be present in a PES packet header that indicates the time that an access unit
is to be decoded in the system target Decoder.
DENG Digital Electronic News Gathering
DID Data Identifier.
Differential Coding Method of coding using the difference between the value of a sample and a predicted value.
DIL Dual In Line: The most common type of package for small and medium scale integrated
circuit
s. The pins hang vertically from the two long sides of the rectangular package, spaced
at intervals of 0.1 inch.
DIN Deutsches Institut für Normung: German Standards Institute.
Downlink The part of the satellite communications circuit that extends from the satellite to an Earth
station.
Downconvert The process by which the frequency of a broadcast transport stream is shifted to a lower
frequency range.
DPCM Differential Pulse Code Modulation: An audio digitisation technique that codes the
difference between samples rather than coding an absolute measurement at each sample
point.
DSNG Digital Satellite News-Gathering.
DSP Digital Signal Processor.
DTE Data circuit Terminating Equipment: A communications device that originates (is the
source) or is the end receiving unit (destination) of signals on a network. It is typically a
terminal or computer.
DTH Direct To Home. The term used to describe uninterrupted transmission from the satellite
directly to the subscriber, that is, no intermediary cable or terrestrial network utilised.
DTMF Dual-Tone MultiFrequency
DVB Digital Video Broadcasting: A European project which has defined transmission standards
for digital broadcasting systems using satellite (DVB-S), cable (DVB-C) and terrestrial (DVB-
T) medium, created by the EP-DVB group and approved by the ITU. Specifies modulation,
error correction, etc. (see EN 300 421 for satellite, EN 300 429 for cable and EN 300 744 for
terrestrial).
DVB SI Digital Video Broadcasting Service Information.
DVB-PI DVB-Professional Interfaces: TTV Lan search shows – DVB Physical Interfaces
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