GLOSSARY OF TERMS
AS Autostore
CD Compact Disc
CDC Compact Disc Changer
CDDB A technology company founded in
1995 as CDDB, Inc. Now renamed
to the Gracenote Media Database
DVD Digital Versatile Disc
DVDC Digital Versatile Disc Changer
FIX A position determined from terres-
trial, electronic, or astronomical
data.
GMD Gracenote Media Database,
Gracenote Media Recognition Ser-
vice (www.gracenote.com)
GPS Global Positioning System
GMT Greenwich Mean Time
HDD Hard-Disk Drive
HFM Hands-Free Module
MFB Multifunction soft-key
MFS Multi Functional Steering Wheel
MP3 MPEG-1
Audio Layer-3.
Compression scheme used to
transfer audio files via the Internet
and store in portable players and
digital audio servers.
M4A The.M4A format is actually the
audio layer of (non-video) MPEG
4 movies.
M4P The.M4P format is an audio file
purchased from Apple’s Music
Store (iTunes) and is protected by
a Digital Rights Management
scheme.
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NCD Navigation Compact Disc
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