General Technical Knowledge Base

The Universal Serial Bus (USB) is a serial bus system for connecting a computer to external devices.

Component Object Model (COM) is a technique developed by Microsoft to exchange information between processes in Windows.

TOSLINK (from TOShiba-LINK) is a standardized optical fiber connector system.

Miracast is a peer-to-peer wireless screencast standard.

A WWPN is a World Wide Name assigned to a port in a Fibre Channel fabric.

An integrated circuit (IC), often also referred to as a solid-state circuit, a chip or microchip, refers to an electronic circuit manufactured using semiconductor technology.

Institute for research and standardization with focus on electronics and information technology.

SMB is a network protocol for file, print and other server services in computer networks.

SOHO - Shortcut for Small Office, Home Office.

Firmware is a predefined, hardware-bound software.

CEC (Consumer Electronics Control)   Definition Consumer Electronics Control (CEC) provides cross-component control functions such as One Touch Play/Record, System Standby, Preset Transfer, etc. for electronic entertainment devices. The CEC interface is derived from AV-Link, which has been the predominant control standard in Europe to date.   Ideally, this allows a maximum of 15 devices (e.g. TV, radio, CD player, amplifier, etc.) to be controlled together across manufacturers, provided that all networked devices support CEC. An essential design basis is the TV set as the destination of all signals and the remote control of the TV set as the control of the entire system. Due to this one-screen approach, problems inevitably arise with HDMI distributors and in multi-room systems because there are naturally several destinations, but this is not provided for with CEC when addressing it. Apart from the general abandonment of CEC, this problem can only be solved by systems that allow the isolation or routing of CEC traffic independently of audio and video signals.   CEC uses a simple serial, single-wire data bus, such as is optionally available with HDMI connections (on <pin 13). The nominal data bit duration is approx. 2.4 ms, which corresponds to a data rate of approx. 417 bit/s. The connection is established and the CEC capability is checked in the course of the EDID handshake during the hot-plug event. This takes place when the units are switched on or when an HDMI plug is inserted into an HDMI socket. References Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumer_Electronics_Control Article in other languages: Deutsch  

A Registered Jack (RJ) is a standardized telecommunication network interface for connecting voice and data equipment to a service provided by a local exchange carrier or long distance carrier.

Roaming is a wireless telecommunication term typically used with mobile devices (like mobile phones).

An image viewer or image browser is a computer program that can display stored graphical images.

Windows Media Audio (WMA) is the name of a series of audio codecs and their corresponding audio coding formats developed by Microsoft.

A DIMM or dual in-line memory module comprises a series of dynamic random-access memory integrated circuits.

A patch is a set of changes to a computer program or its supporting data designed to update, fix, or improve it.

The UEFI describes the central interface between the firmware, the individual components of a computer and the operating system.

Read-only memory (ROM) is a type of non-volatile memory used in computers and other electronic devices.

Collection of standards for local area networks.