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A-V.B.O. = Advanced Virtual Battery Operation (Technics)
A/D = Analog/Digital
A/V = Audio/Video
AC-3 = Audio Coding number 3
AM = Amplitude Modulation
ATC = Automatic Tape Calibration (Technics)
AUX = AUXiliary
B&W = Bowers & Wilkins
BIT = Binary digIT
CD = Compact Disc (Philips & Sony)
CDA = CD Audio Track
CD-DA = CD-Digital Audio
ch = channel
CMOS = Complimentary MOS
D.D.D. = Dual Dynamic Drive (Technics)
D/A = Digital/Analog
DAT = Digital Audio Tape
dB = deciBel
DCC = Digital Compact Cassette
DSP = Digital Sound Processor (Technics)
DTS = Digital Theater System (Dolby)
DTS-ES = DTS-Extended Surround (Dolby)
DVD = Digital Versatile Disc
DVD-AR = DVD Audio Recordable
EAX = Enviromental Audio Extension
EON = Enhanced Other Networks
EX = EXtended
FM = Frequency Modulation
HDAM = Hyper Dynamic Amplifier Modules (Marantz)
HDAM SA = Hyper Dynamic Amplifier Modules für Super-Audio (Marantz)
HDCD = High Definition CD
HDMI = High-Definition Multimedia Interface / High-Density Multichip Interconnect
Hi-Fi = High-Fidelity
IC = Integrated Circuit
KHz = Kilo Hertz
LAMBDA-S.L.C. = Lambda Super Linear Converter (Denon)
LDPS = Linear Drive Power Supply (Marantz)
LW = LangWelle
M.N.C. = MaNiaC Sound System
MASH = Multi-StAge Noise SHaping (Technics)
MD = Mini Disc (Sony)
MHz = Mega Hertz
MOS = Metal Oxide Semiconductor
MOS FET = MOS Field Effect Transistor
MW = Medium Wave
NAD = New Acoustic Dimension
OFC = Oxygen Free Copper
PCM = Pulse Code Modulation
RCA = Rolling-Circle Amplification
RDS = Radio Data System
RMS = Root Mean Square
S.V.H. = Suppress Vibration Hybrid Mechanismus (Denon)
S/PDIF = Sony / Philips Digital Interchange Format
SA-CD = Super Audio-CD (Philips & Sony)
SAL = Somogyi Audio Line
TEAC = Tokyo Electro-Acoustic Company
THCB = Technical Hybrid Construction Base (Technics)
THD = Total Harmonic Distortion
THX = Tomlinson Holman's eXperiment (Dolby)
TPS = Tape Program Search (Technics)
ToP-ART = Total Purity Audio Reproduction Technology (Yamaha)
UHC-MOS-FET = Ultra High Current MOS-FET (Denon)
URH = Ultra Rövid Hullám
VCR = Video Cassette Recorder
VGCA = Variable Gain Control Amplifier (Technics)
WPC = Watt Per Channel