Bandwidths are typically up to 30 Mbps in the downstream direction. A cable modem used with a set-top box also enables the TV to be used as an Internet channel. Acronym for community antenna television or cable television. A television broadcasting system that uses coaxial or fiber-optic cable to distribute a broadband signal that contains many different program channels. Also increasingly used to carry digital data to and from subscribers.
Users can request data from any of the CD-ROMs in the jukebox one at a time.
Acronym for compressed digital video, which is the compression of video images for high-speed transmission. In personal and business computing applications, the most common use for such a device is in a modem. Also called CD or optical disc. CDs can hold more than an hour of high-fidelity recorded sound. The legal right granted to the originator of a creative piece, such as texts, music, movies or other video programs, paintings and even computer programs, to exclusive publication, production, sale or distribution of the work.