Terms and Abbreviations: B


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B

BAS

Broadcast Auxiliary Service

BCAS

broadcast conditional-access system

BCAST

Broadcast Services Enabler Suite (from the Open Mobile Alliance)

BCH

Bose, Ray – Chaudhuri Hocquenghem

BER bit error rate

B-frames

bidirectionally coded frames

BGAN

broadband global area network

BIND

Berkeley Internet Name Domain

BLITS

Black and Lane’s Ident Tones for Surround
variant Black and Lane’s Identification Tones for Surround

Blu-ray

Sony’s blue-laser high-def DVD format

BNC

Bayonet Neill-Concelman connector for use with coaxial cables
variants British Naval Connector, Baby N Connection

BPON

broadband PON

BSI

bit stream information

BSP

broadband service provider

BSS

business support systems

BST-OFDM

band-segmented transmission-OFDM

BTSC

Broadcast Television Systems Committee

BUC

block up converters

BXF

Broadcast Exchange Format



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