Glossary

Acronyms and abbreviations
ACAlternating Current
ADATAlesis Digital Audio Tape
AESAudio Engineering Society
ASIOAudio Stream Input/Output
BP filterBand pass filter
BR filterBand reject filter
BTLBridge Tied Load
CMRRCommon-mode rejection ratio
CSChannel Status
CTAContinuous Time Analyzer
CTDContinuous Time Detector
DARSDigital Audio Reference Signal
DAWDigital Audio Workstation
dBDecibel
DCDirect Current
DDPDisc Description Protocol
DFTDiscrete Fourier Transform
DREDynamic Range Enhancement
DSDDirect Stream Digital
DSPDigital Signal Processor
DTSDigital Theater Systems
DUTDevice Under Test
EDLEdit Decision List
EUTEquipment Under Test
FFTFast Fourier Transform
FFTAFFT Analyzer
FFTDFFT Detector
FSFull-scale amplitude
fsSample-rate
HATSHead and Torso Simulator
HPFHigh-pass filter
HzHertz
ICPIntegrated Circuit Piezoelectric
IMDIntermodulation Distortion
JTAJitter Time Analyzer
kHzKilohertz
LPCMLinear Pulse Code Modulation
LPFLow-pass filter
LSBLeast Significant Bit
MADIMulti-channel Audio Digital Interface
MDMModular Digital Multitrack
MIDIMusical Instrument Digital Interface
MLSMaximum Length Sequence
MSBMost Significant Bit
OLEObject Linking and Embedding
p-pPeak-to-peak
PaPascal
PCMPulse Code Modulation
PLLPhase Locked Loop
PPMPeak Program Meter
Q-peakQuasi-peak
QCQuality Control
RMSRoot Mean Square
RTAReal Time Analyzer
S/PDIFSony/Philips Digital Interface
SINADSignal In Noise And Distortion
SNSSuper Noise Shaping
SPLSound Pressure Level
SRCSample Rate Conversion
TDIFTEAC Digital Interface Format
THDTotal Harmonic Distortion
THD+NTotal Harmonic Distortion Plus Noise
TPDFTriangular Probability Density Function
UIUnit Interval
VU MeterVolume Unit Meter
WCKWordclock

Definitions
? A-weighting
? AC coupled
? ActiveX
? ADAT
? AES/EBU
? AES10
? AES11
? AES17
? AES17 low-pass filter
? AES3
? Aliasing components
? Alternating Current (AC)
? Amplitude
? Array
? ASIO
? Asynchronous
? Attenuation
? Audio Engineering Society (AES)
? Auto-ranging
? Automation
? Balanced
? Band pass filter (BP filter)
? Band reject filter (BR filter)
? Bandwidth
? Bin
? Bin centres
? Bit rate
? Bitclock
? Brick wall filter
? Bridge Tied Load (BTL)
? C-weighting
? Carrier
? Carrier Display
? Channel Array
? Channel Check
? Channel separation
? Channel Status (CS)
? Chirp
? CleverClox
? Common-mode rejection ratio (CMRR)
? Common-mode signal
? Continuous Time Analyzer (CTA)
? Continuous Time Detector (CTD)
? Corner Frequency
? Crest factor
? Cross-talk
? Cutoff frequency
? D/A line-up
? Damping factor
? Data jitter
? dBFS
? dBm
? dBr
? dBSPL
? dBV
? DC coupled
? DC-coupled
? Decibel (dB)
? Detector
? Digital Audio Reference Signal (DARS)
? Digital Audio Workstation (DAW)
? Digital Signal Processor (DSP)
? Digital Theater Systems (DTS)
? Direct Current (DC)
? Direct Stream Digital (DSD)
? Disc Description Protocol (DDP)
? Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT)
? Distortion
? Dither
? dS-NET
? Duty cycle
? Dynamic range
? Dynamic Range Enhancement (DRE)
? Earth
? Edit Decision List (EDL)
? Element
? Equipment Under Test
? Event
? Event handler
? Event Manager
? Event-driven
? Expression
? Eye pattern
? Eye-diagram
? Eye-narrowing
? Fast Fourier Transform (FFT)
? FFT Analyzer (FFTA)
? FFT Detector (FFTD)
? FireWire
? Folding frequency
? Frame rate
? Frequency Correction Window
? fs jitter
? Full-scale amplitude (FS)
? Fundamental
? Gain
? Galvanic isolation
? Ground
? Ground loop
? Head and Torso Simulator (HATS)
? Hertz (Hz)
? Hexadecimal (Hex)
? High-pass filter (HPF)
? Hungarian notation
? ICP
? IEC60958
? Imaging components
? IMD difference-tone measurement
? IMD side-band measurement
? Impedance
? Impulse response analysis
? Infrasound
? Interface jitter
? Intermodulation Distortion (IMD)
? ITU-R 468 weighting
? Jitter
? Jitter susceptibility
? Jitter Time Analyzer (JTA)
? Kilohertz (kHz)
? Latency
? Least Significant Bit (LSB)
? Limit
? Limit line
? Linear
? Linear Pulse Code Modulation (LPCM)
? Live Trace
? Log Chirp
? Low-pass filter (LPF)
? MADI
? Maximum Length Sequence (MLS)
? Metadata
? Method
? Modular Digital Multitrack (MDM)
? Most Significant Bit (MSB)
? MR-X
? Multi-threaded
? Multi-tone testing
? Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI)
? n-shot correction
? Nested Sweep
? Noise
? Noise shaping
? Non-linear
? Nyquist Frequency
? Object Linking and Embedding (OLE)
? Octave
? Open circuit
? Overkiller
? Parity bit
? Pascal (Pa)
? Passband
? Peak
? Peak Program Meter (PPM)
? Peak sample
? Peak-to-peak (p-p)
? Period
? Phantom power
? Phase
? Phase Locked Loop (PLL)
? Pink noise
? Polarity
? PQ Coding
? Property
? Pulse Code Modulation (PCM)
? Q-peak
? Quantization
? Reactance
? Read-only
? Reading
? Real time
? Real Time Analyzer (RTA)
? Rectangular Window
? Reference Sync
? Regulation
? Residual
? Resistance
? Result
? Root Mean Square (RMS)
? Rub and Buzz
? S/PDIF
? Sample Rate Conversion (SRC)
? Sample-rate (fs)
? Sampling jitter
? Scope
? Script Engine
? Scripting
? Scripting host
? Sensitivity
? SINAD
? Slew rate
? Sound Pressure Level (SPL)
? Split96
? Square wave
? Standard high-pass filter
? Standard low-pass filter
? Standard notch filter
? Standard weighting filter
? Subcode
? Super Noise Shaping (SNS)
? Sweep
? Swept Sine
? Synchronous
? TDIF
? Thread
? TOSLINK
? Total Harmonic Distortion (THD)
? Total Harmonic Distortion Plus Noise (THD+N)
? Trace
? Transducer
? Triangular Probability Density Function (TPDF)
? Trigger
? Twin-tone
? Two-wire
? Twos complement
? Type library
? Ultrasound
? Unbalanced
? Unit Interval (UI)
? Upper band-edge frequency
? User bits
? Valid bit
? Variant
? VBScript
? VSIO Adapter
? VU Meter
? WAV
? Wavelength
? Wavetable
? Weighting filter
? White noise
? Window function
? Wordclock (WCK)
? Wordlength
? X axis
? Y axis
? Z-weighting
? Zero crossing