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VIDEO ACRONYMS GLOSSARY

MARIANNE FOUILLET, VIDEO PRODUCT MANAGER

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Why a Video Acronym Glossary?

We all use acronyms on a daily basis in our conversations so we get to the point faster.

But have you ever been in a situation where you just don’t know what the others are talking about? And you just don’t want to stop them because they’re sure you know what they mean?

Well then, a Video Acronym Glossary (VAG) could be useful to understand what we at Video Product Management are talking about

OMG WDIM?Oh My Gosh What does it mean?!

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Video Display Acronyms

On a very general topic, for video display quality you’ll often hear about these acronyms (and these ones are not only in the Arkadin Video Product line, they can be used in real life too!) :

HD: High Definition (1920x1080 pixels)

SD: Standard Definition (720x480 pixels)

CIF: Common Intermediate Format (352x288 pixels)

FPS: Frames Per Second (the more the better)

And these are the video connectors to display images on a monitor (and they also are used in real life):

VGA: Video Graphics Array

DVI: Digital Visual Interface (better display than VGA)

HDMI: High Definition Multimedia Interface

And for the Camera Control, you can find these:

PTZ: Pan Tilt Zoom (Pan left or right, Tilt up or down, Zoom in or out)

This is the type of camera you buy for a VidyoRoom

FECC: Far End Camera Control

VGA

DVI

HDMI

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Video Codecs and Protocols Acronyms

And here are some more technical terms used specifically for video environments:

CODEC: COde-DECode (and yes, it is also an acronym!!)

AVC: Advanced Video CodingSVC: Scalable Video Coding

(these are the adaption of the video signal in real-time to ensure the image fluidity and quality)H264 / H265 / H323: video compression format used for the distribution of video contentG722 is an audio codecH239 is the protocol used to share documents

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Vidyo Acronyms

In the Vidyo world we very often use this kind of acronyms:> PF : Platform (and not Provisioning Form)> STD: Standard> WL: White Label> GW: GateWay> DC: Data Center ( and not Wahsington DC)

Arkadin is running 2 platforms> The Direct Customer Platform

STD PF– The main Portal is in France– Routers and Gateways (GW) are components that transfer

videoconferencing from one endpoint to another are in different DC (Data Centers)

> The Partner Platform (aka. White Label) dedicated to resellers, distributors, Vidyo leads and some TELCOs (NTT for instance)

WL PF– The main Portal is in the USA– Routers and Gateways (GW) are in France, Japan , USA

Partner Platform Infrastructure locations

Direct Customer Platform Infrastructure locations

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BlueJeans Acronyms

In the BlueJeans world, here are some commonly used acronyms

BJN: BlueJeans

BYOD: Bring Your Own Device

BlueJeans provided by Arkadin are pilots launched in NORAM (Q2 2014) and EMEA (Q3 2014)

> Self service highly interoperable virtual room for all users even if they do not have any Video endpoint (Web Browser)

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Legacy Video Acronyms

Inherited from the Legacy Video world:

VMS: Video Managed ServicesAVMS: Attended Video Managed ServicesVMR: Virtual Meeting RoomMCU: Multipoint Control Unit (device to bridge videoconferencing connections)DMA: Polycom RealPresence Distributed Media Application (DMA)CMA: Polycom Converged Management Application CMA DesktopRMX: Polycom® RealPresence® Collaboration Server 1500, 2000 and 4000 SeriesCUCM: Cisco Unified Communications

Manager (CallManager)CTS: Cisco TelePresence SystemRP or RTP: Real (Tele)Presence

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Arkadin Processes Acronyms

And here are some more acronyms that are recurrent in the video product environment:

RMA: Return Merchandise Authorization (for hardware delivery purpose)NSBP: Non Standard Bid Process (when it’s outside the generic process)CAB: Change Advisory BoardSOF: Service Order FormPLM: Product LifeCycle ManagementVaaS: Video as a Service

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Technical Terms

Plus, for those who are not comfortable with some conferencing technical acronyms, here are some more:

MPLS: MultiProtocol Label Switching (data-carrying mechanism in computer networking)

WebRTC: Web Real Time Communication

API: Application Programming Interface (specifies how some software components should interact with each other.)

FQDN: Fully Qualified Domain Name

AMG: Audio Manager (for integration of Audio in the Video products)

ISDN: Integrated Services for Digital Network (digital transmission of voice, video and data services)

TCP/IP: Transmission Control Protocol/ Internet Protocol

GA: General Availability (not Global Account)

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Thank you

Now, this is just a Video product glossary.

So don’t worry there is no quizz at the end, this is just for your knowledge.

But it can come handy if you want to be in the spotlight at your next dinner!

And if you know of some more acronyms, please share them

As we say in Arkadin…

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