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A stream is a data object which has no specific start or end. The decoding system may need only a small fraction of the total data to activate a given application. An example includes stock ticker services.
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master coupling coordinate
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An ordered series of bytes. The usual context for the term stream is the series of bytes extracted from transport stream packet payloads that have a common unique PID value (e.g., video PES packets or program map table sections).
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mobile satellite service
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A coded still picture consists of a video sequence containing exactly one coded picture which is intra-coded. This picture has an associated PTS and the presentation time of succeeding pictures, if any, is later than that of the still picture by at least two picture periods.
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minimum shift keying
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most significant bit
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A first-in, first-out buffer at the input of a system target decoder for storage of compressed data from elementary streams before decoding.
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The Group Number assigned to the first Group in a Parade, which determines placement of the Parade into a particular series of M/H Slots.
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