Truelove Tech

As part of my handout notes for the Data Wrangling course I gave for AFTRS I put together a Glossary of some of the obscure terms that we use, feel free to point out anything I've omitted.

.mov quicktime container file format
.mxf a video container file format
1080i50 interlaced 50fps HD spec (1980 x 1080)
1080p25 progressive 25fps HD spec (1980 x 1080)
720p progressive HD spec (1270 x 720)
AVCHD a Codec
Blu-ray An Optical disk format for storing lots of data
CF Card a generic data card format
Checksum a check for the integrity of a copied file. 
Codec enCode-Decode - an algorithm used for compressing video files 
Contour small rugged HD file-based camera 
DAM Digital Asset Management 
DSLR Digital SLR 
EX1 Sony File-based camera 
EX3 Sony File-based camera 
H264 a Codec 
HD High Definition 
Hero small rugged HD file-based camera 
LTO Data tape format 
Metadata Data about data 
P2 Panasonic data card format 
Proxy A low-res copy of the primary representation 
R3D Red RAW format 
RAID Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks 
RAW Data straight of the camera's sensor 
redundancy Multiple copies for security 
SD Standard Definition 
SD Card a generic data card format 
SXS Sony data card form-factor
XDCAM Sony file format 
XML a file format for storing metadata 
GoPro same as Hero 

Cheers
MSP