XC TECH

Glossary

Digital cinema glossary - terms from DCI projection, cinema servers, sound and AV technologies explained.

1

10GbE (10 Gigabit Ethernet)

2

2K Projection

3

3D Digital Projection
3G-SDI

4

4D Cinema
4K Projection

A

Active 3D Glasses
AES67
AES (Advanced Encryption Standard)
AES/EBU (Audio Engineering Society/European Broadcasting Union)
Alternative Content
API (Application Programming Interface)
ASDCP (Advanced Systems Digital Cinema Package)
Aspect Ratio
Asymmetric Cryptography
Auro-3D
AuroMax

B

Barco Auro 11.1
Bit Depth

C

Calibration Probe
CBR (Constant Bit Rate)
CineCanvas
Cold Restart
Color Calibration
Color Gamut
Color LUT (Look-Up Table)
Color Space
Component Connection, RGB, YUV
Contrast Ratio
Convergence
CPL (Composition Playlist)
CRC (Cyclic Redundancy Check)
CRU (Computer Removable Unit)
CTP (Compliance Test Plan)

D

E

e-cinema
EDL (Edit Decision List)
eSATA (External Serial ATA)

F

Fault Diagnostics
FIPS 140
Firmware Update
fL (foot-Lambert)
Forensic Marking

G

Gain (Screen Gain)
Gamma
Ghosting
Grading

H

HDCP (High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection)
HDD (Hard Disk Drive)
HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface)
HDR (High Dynamic Range)
HD-SDI (High Definition-Serial Digital Interface)
HFR (High Frame Rate)
Hot Spotting

I

IAB (Immersive Audio Bitstream)
IMAX
IMB (Integrated Media Block)
Ingest
Interop DCP
ISDCF (Inter-Society Digital Cinema Forum)
ISO (International Organization for Standardization)

J

JPEG 2000

K

KDM (Key Delivery Message)

L

Lamp Hours
Lamp Life
Lamp Replacement
Laser Projection
LCOS (Liquid Crystal on Silicon)
LFE (Low Frequency Effects)
LMS (Library Management System)
Log Aggregation
Log Files

M

MasterImage 3D
Matte White Screen
Media Block
Metadata
Microperforated Screen
Microperforation
Moire
MTF (Modulation Transfer Function)
MXF (Material eXchange Format)

N

NOC (Network Operations Center)
NSS (Network Storage System)

O

Object-Based Audio
Optical Axis
Optics Cleaning

P

Passive 3D Glasses
Perforation
Pixel
Pixel Mapping
PKI (Public Key Infrastructure)
Preventive Maintenance
Private Key
Projector Calibration
Public Key

Q

QC (Quality Control)
QoS (Quality of Service)

R

RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks)
Raster
RealD 3D
Redundancy
Remote Monitoring
RSA (Rivest-Shamir-Adleman)

S

T

TLS (Transport Layer Security)
TMS (Theatre Management System)
Triple Flash
TTML (Timed Text Markup Language)

U

Uniformity
UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply)
USB (Universal Serial Bus)

V

VFX (Visual Effects)
VLAN (Virtual Local Area Network)
VPN (Virtual Private Network)

W

Watermarking
WCG (Wide Color Gamut)
White Point

X

Xenon Lamps
Xpand 3D
XYZ Color Space