SVTA5119: Ultra HD Forum Guidelines 3.3 Black Book – Terms and Acronyms

The Ultra HD Forum Guidelines provides a holistic view of modern media systems, their mechanisms and workflows, and how those are impacted by the latest generation of improvements – the “Ultra HD” technologies, those that take media beyond the limits established at the start of this millennia, as characterized in large part by the video resolutions and the dynamic of “high definition” (i.e., ITU-R Rec. BT.709). The Forum considers Ultra HD to not only be any UHD media (i.e., 4K resolution, or higher), but also HD-resolution media with enhancements such as High Dynamic Range, Wide Color Gamut, etc. Ultra HD is a constellation of technologies that can provide significant improvements in media quality and audience experience. In addition, the Forum collaborates in promoting the understanding of the various deployments and delivery methods for Ultra HD media that continuously evolve around the world. This work represents over eight years of collaborative effort by the membership of the Ultra HD Forum. The Ultra HD Forum’s Guideline books would not have been possible without the leadership of Jim DeFilippis, who represents Fraunhofer, and chair of our Guidelines Work Group with invaluable support from the co-chair, Pete Sellar of Xperi as well as technical assistance from Ian Nock of Fairmile West Consulting, chair of the Interop Working Group. Our gratitude to all the companies listed in the Acknowledgments that have participated in this effort over the years and specifically to Nabajeet Barman (Brightcove), Elena Burdiel Pérez (Fraunhofer), Andrew Cotton (BBC), Jean Louis Diascorn (Harmonic), Richard Doherty (Dolby), Felix Nemirovsky (Dolby),Chris Johns (Sky UK), Katy Noland (BBC), Bill Redmann (InterDigital), Yuriy Reznik (Brightcove), Chris Seeger (Comcast/NBCUniversal), Adrian Murtaza (Fraunhofer) and Alessandro Travaglini (Fraunhofer). This document, Terms and Acronyms (Black Book), is one of a series of books, referred to as the Rainbow Books, that compose the Ultra HD Forum Guidelines. If any of these terms sound unfamiliar, follow the link below to the Black Book. If a particular standard is of interest, links such as the one above are available to take you to the White Book, where references are collected.