This glossary has advanced definitions of many products and terms.

A
Access card
Additional Outlet (A/O)
Alternative Audio
Audio/Video Jacks
Azimuth

B
Bandwidth
Bit
Blackout Area
Byte

C
Check Switch
Clarke Belt
Closed Captioning
Coax Cable

D
Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS)
DSS
Digital Compression
DirecTV System
DirecTV Receiver
DirecPC
DirecWay
DiSEeqC
DISH Network
DISH Network System
DISH Network Receiver
DISH 500
DISH PRO
Dolby Digital / AC-3 Compatible
Dolby Pro Logic
DTH
Dual LNB
DVB

E
Echostar
Electronic Program Guide (EPG)
Elevation

F
Features
Feed Horn
Feed Horn

G
Gauge
Geostationary

H
Hard Reset
HDTV

I
Installation
Installer Technician
Interactive TV
IRD (Integrated Receiver Decoder)

K
Kbps

L
L-Band
LNB

M
Matrix Switch
MDU
MPEG2
Multi-satellite dish
Multi-satellite switch
Must Carry

N
National Standards and Testing Program(NSTP)
NTSC
National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative (NRTC):

O
OTA
Off-Air
Orbital Slots
Oval Dish

P
Pay Per View (PPV)
Parental Lockout
Pixelization
Program Guide
PVR

Q
Quad LNBF

R
Rain fade
Rating Level
Rating Limit
Receiver
Remote Extender
RG-59
RG-6
R/F connectors

S
S-Video Jack
Satellite
Satellite Dish
SBCA
Solar Outage
Splitter
Sports Subscription
Spot Beam
System Test
SW-21, SW-44, SW-64

T
Transponder
Twin 500 LNB
UHF Remote
Widescreen

 

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