Grundig Digital Radio User Manual

DIGITAL RADIO GUIDE

APPENDIX C: ACRONYMS

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AAC

Advanced Audio Coding

AAS

Advanced Application Services

ADR

Astra Digital Radio

AM

Amplitude Modulation

API

Advanced Programming Interface

ATM

Asynchronous Transfer Mode

BBC

British Broadcasting Corporation

BER

Bit Error Rate

Bit

Binary digit

Bitrate

Rate of flow of bits per second

BSS(S)

Broadcast satellite services (Sound)

BWS

Broadcast Website

CA

Conditional Access

CBC

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

CCETT

Centre Commun d’Etudes de Telediffusion et Telecommunication (Research 
Laboratories of France Telecom and Telediffusion de France)

CD

Compact Disc

CDMA

Code Division Multiple Access

CEG

Consumer Equipment Group

CELP

Code Excited Linear Prediction

CEMA

Consumer Electronics Manufacturers Association

CEPT

European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations

codec

Coder / Decoder

COFDM

Coded Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex

CP

Continual Pilot

CRC

Communications Research Centre Canada

CRTC

Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission

DAB

Digital Audio Broadcasting

DARS

Digital Audio Radio Service

DAT

Digital Audio Tape

DAW

Digital Audio Workstation

DMB

Digital Multimedia Broadcasting

DQPSK

Differential Quadrature Phase Shift Keying