AAC

Advanced Audio Coding (MPEG)

AAF

Advanced Authoring Format

AES

Audio Engineering Society

AI

Artificial Intelligence

AIFF

Audio Interchange File Format

AIT

Advanced Intelligent Tape (Sony)

ANN

Artificial Neural Network

ASCII

American Standard Code for Information Interchange

ASP

Active Server Page (Microsoft)

ASR

Automatic Speech Recognition

ATA

Advanced Technology Attachment

ATL

Automated Tape Library

ATM

Asynchronous Transfer Mode

AVI

Audio Video Interleaved

BLOB

Binary Large Object

BWF

Broadcast WAVE format

CAD

Computer-Aided Design

CCD

Charge Coupled Device

CCW

Continuous Composite Write-once (M-O)

CELP

Code-book Excited Linear Prediction

CGI

Common Gateway Interface

CIE

Commission Internationale d'Eclairage

CIFS

Common Internet File System

CLI

Common Language Infrastructure (.NET)

CMYK

Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and blacK

COM

Component Object Model (Microsoft)

CORBA

Common Object Resource Broker Architecture

CSS

Cascading Style Sheets

DAM

Digital Asset Management

DAVIC

Digital Audio-Visual Council

DBMS

DataBase Management System

DCM

Digital Content Management

DCMI

Dublin Core Metadata Initiative

DDC

Dewey Decimal Classification

DDL

Data Definition Language (SQL); Description Definition Language (MPEG-7)

DES

Data Encryption Standard

DLT

Digital Linear Tape

DML

Data Manipulation Language

DMZ

Demilitarised Zone

DRM

Digital Rights Management

DS

Description Scheme

DTF

Digital Tape Format (Sony)

DTD

Document Type Definition

DTH

Direct To Home (satellite television)

DTP

Desk Top Publishing

DV

Digital Video

DVB

Digital Video Broadcasting

DVD

Digital Versatile Disk

DWDM

Dense-Wave Division Multiplexed

EAI

Enterprise Application Integration

EBU

European Broadcasting Union

ECM

Enterprise Content Management

ECMA

European Computer Manufacturers Association

EDI

Electronic Data Interchange

EDL