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Closed captioning is the process of displaying text on a television, video screen or other visual display to provide additional or interpretive information to individuals who wish to access it. Closed captions typically show a transcription of the audio portion of a program as it occurs, either verbatim or in edited form. Occasionally closed captioning Read more
Digital rights management (DRM) is a term for access control technologies that are used by hardware manufacturers, publishers, copyright holders and individuals to limit the use of digital content and devices. The term is used to describe any technology that inhibits the use of digital content that is not desired or intended by the content Read more
A buffer contains data that is stored for a short amount of time, typically in the computer's memory (RAM). The purpose of a buffer is to hold data right before it is used. For example, when you download an audio or video file from the Internet, it may load the first 20% of it into Read more
A content management system (CMS) is a GUI based system used to manage web content redusing dependence on the need to write code for management of digital content.
Open captions provide the same functionality as closed captions, except they are permanently enabled; open captions cannot be turned off by the user. Please see the closed captions article here for more information.
A content delivery network or content distribution network (CDN) is a geographically diverse network of computers containing with replicated data to speeding up content delivery based on geographic proximity.
SDK is an acronym for Software Developers Kit. This refers to a set of development tools that allows for the creation of applications for a certain software package, software framework, hardware platform, computer system, video game console, operating system, or similar platform.
The byte is a unit of digital information in computing and telecommunications that most commonly consists of eight bits.
A bit (a contraction of binary digit) is the basic unit of information in computing and telecommunications.
Bandwidth is the amount of information that can be sent via a connection. Generally, this is measured in bits per second. This is also referred to as throughput. At Encoding.com, we charge via the amount of information transmitted to and from the Encoding.com platform. Think of it as GB in + GB out = charges Read more