A
A-B Rolls
AC coefficient
Active video lines
Aliasing
Analog
Analog-to-digital converter
Analog video
Animation
Anti-aliasing
Aspect ratio
B
Backward compatibility
Backward motion vector
Bandwidth
Betacam
Bit depth
Blank or blanking interval
B-Picture
Broadcast quality
Bitrate
Block
Bottom field
Byte aligned
C
CCITT
CD
CD+G
CD-i
CD+MIDI
CD-ROM
CD-ROM drive or CD-ROM player
CD-ROM XA
CD-ROM XA
CD Video
CD-WO
Chroma format
Chrominance
CIF
Coded order
Coding parameters
Component
Component video
Composite video
Compression ratio
CBT
Constant bitrate
Constant bitrate coded video
CRC
Courseware
D
D1 and D2
D/A (digital to analog)
D/A converter (DAC)
Data partitioning
DC coefficient
DCT
DCT coefficient
Decibel
Decoder input buffer
Decoder input rate
Decoding
Dequantization
Disc
Disk
Display order
Dithering
Dual-channel audio
DYUV or delta-YUV
E
EACEM
Encryption
Entropy
F
Field
Field/frame synchronization
Field frequency
Field period
Film chain
Flag
Flicker
Forbidden
Forced updating
Forward compatibility
Forward motion vector
Frame
Frame buffer
Frame period
Frame rate
Freeze-frame
Full-frame time code
Full-motion video
Future reference picture
G
Gamma
Genlocking
H
Hangover
Header
Hertz (Hz)
Hi8 Video
HDTV
High Sierra format
Hybrid Coder
Hybrid scalability
I
Intellectual property
Interfield frames
Interframe coding
Interlace
Intra coding
Intraframe coding
I Picture
J
JPEG
K
Keyer
L
Letterboxing
Level
Lossless compression
Lossy compression
LSI
Luma (Y)
M
Macroblock
Master
Motion compensation
Motion estimation
Motion vector
MPC
MPEG
N
NAB
NOISE
Nondrop-frame time code
Non-intra coding
NTSC
NTSC format
O
OM-1
Overscanning
P
PAL format
Parameter
Past reference picture
Pel aspect ratio
Pel
PhotoYCC color space
Picture
Pixel
Post-production
P-Picture
Prediction
Prediction error
Predictor
Pre-production
Production
Profile
Q
Quantization matrix
Quantize
Quantized DCT coefficients
Quantizer scale
QCIF
R
Random access
Real time
Reference picture
Repeater
Resolution
RGB
S
Safe area
Sampling
Sampling rate
Saturated colors
Scalability
Scan lines
SECAM format
Side information
SIF
Signal-to-noise
Slice
SMPTE time code
Spatial scalability
Start codes
Stuffing
S-VHS or Super VHS
S-video
Sync-locked
Stair-stepping
T
Temporal scalability
3:2 pull-down
Time code
Time code generator
Top field
U
Underscanning
User bits
V
Variable bitrate
VLC (Variable Length Coding)
Vertical blanking interval (VBI)
Vertical interval time code (VITC)
VHS (Video Home System)
Video
Video black
Video-on-CD or Video CD
Video 8 or 8mm Video
Video sequence
Videotape formats
W
White Book
WORM memory
X
Y
YCbCr
YPbPr
YIQ
YUV color system
Z
Zig-zag scanning order
