| 8VSB |
eight-vestigial
sideband |
| AMS |
Advanced Modular
Systems |
| APTS |
Association of
Public Television Stations |
| ATM |
Asynchronous Transfer
Mode |
| ATP |
Advanced Technology
Program |
| BLS |
Bureau of Labor
Statistics |
| CEA |
Consumer Electronics
Association |
| CPB |
Corporation for
Public Broadcasting |
| CPI |
Consumer Price
Index |
| DAP |
digital adaptive
predistortion (precorrection) |
| DARPA |
Defense Advanced
Research Projects Agency |
| DPT |
Digital Public
Television |
| DTV |
digital television |
| DV |
digital video |
| EAO |
Economic Assessment
Office |
| EBS |
emergency broadcasting
system |
| FCC |
Federal Communications
Commission |
| HDTV |
high-definition
television |
| IT |
Information Technology |
| JV |
joint venture |
| kW |
kilowatt |
| MPBC |
Maine Public Broadcasting
Corporation |
| MPEG-2 |
Moving Picture
Experts Group, Version 2 |
| NAB |
National Association
of Broadcasters |
| NBC |
National Broadcasting
Company |
| NIH |
National Institutes
of Health |
| NIST |
National Institute
of Standards and Technology |
| NJN |
New Jersey Network |
| NPV |
net present value |
| NSF |
National Science
Foundation |
| NTIA |
National Telecommunications
and Information Administration |
| O&M |
operations and
maintenance |
| OES |
Occupational Employment
Statistics |
| PBS |
Public Broadcasting
Service |
| PSIP |
Program and System
Information Protocol |
| PTV |
public television |
| R&D |
research and development |
| ROI |
return on investment |
| RTAC |
Real-Time Adaptive
Correction |
| SD |
standard definition |
| SDPB |
South Dakota Public
Broadcasting |
| SDTV |
standard-definition
television |
| SGI |
Silicon Graphics
Inc. |
| SMPTE |
Society of Motion
Pictures and Television Engineers |
| WANs |
wide area networks |
