DIGITAL RADIO GUIDE APPENDIX C: ACRONYMS
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DRB Digital Radio Broadcasting
DRDB Digital Radio Development Bureau
DRM Digital Radio Mondiale
DRP Digital Radio Promotion
DSB Double Side Band
DSL Digital Subscriber Line
DSR Digital Satellite Radio
DTH Direct to Home
DTS Digital Theatre System
DTT Digital Terrestrial Television
DVB Digital Video Broadcasting
DVB-H Digital Video Broadcasting – Handheld
DVB-T Digital Video Broadcasting – Terrestrial
DXB Digital Extended Broadcasting, a German-funded project
EBU European Broadcasting Union
EIA Electronic Industries Alliance (formerly Electronic Industries Association)
EMK Electronic Media Kiosk
EPG Electronic Program Guide
ETI Ensemble Transport Interface
ETS European Telecommunications Standard
ETSI European Telecommunications Standards Institute
Eureka European R and D programme
FAC Fast Access Channel
FCC Federal Communications Commission (US)
FIC Fast Information Channel
FM Frequency Modulation
FDMA Frequency division multiple access
FHG Fraunhofer Institute (Germany)
FIC Fast Information channel
GPS Global Positioning System
GSO Geostationary (Satellite) Orbit
GSM Global System for Mobile Communications
HEO Highly Elliptical Orbit
HVXC Harmonic Vector Excitation Coding