Glossary
- A2DP
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Denote advanced audio distribution profile. A Bluetooth profile dedicated for wireless audio streaming.
- ADC
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Analog-to-Digital Converter
- AEC
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Acoustic Echo Cancellation
- AES
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Advanced Encryption Standard
- AES¹
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Acoustic Echo Suppression
- AGC
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Adaptive Gain Control
- ANC
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Ambient Noise Control
- AoA
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Angle-of-Arrival
- APP
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Application
- APT
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Ambient Pass Through
- ARM
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Advanced RISC Machines
- CVSD
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Continuously Variable Slope Delta Modulation
- DAC
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Digital-to-Analog Converter
- dB
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Decibel
- DC
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Direct Current
- DRC
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Dynamic Range Compression
- DSP
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Digital Signal Processing
- DUT
-
Device Under Test
- ECM
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Electronic Control Module
- EQ
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Equalizer
- eSCO
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Enhanced-synchronous-connection oriented link. Bluetooth connection types for HFP.
- Far-end
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Denote the remote side phone caller in Bluetooth HFP mode.
- FB
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Feedback
- FF
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Feed Forward
- FW
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Firmware
- GATT
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Generic Attribute Profile
- GUI
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Graphical User Interface
- HA
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Hearing Aid
- HCI
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Host Controller Interface
- HFP
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Hands-free profile, a Bluetooth connection profile dedicated for serving voice communication.
- iAP
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iPod Accessory Protocol
- IC
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Integrated Circuit
- ID
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Identifier
- IIR
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Infinite Impulse Response
- iOS
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iPhone Operating System
- Line-in
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An analog/digital input signal looped into DSP and then playback via analog/digital output interface.
- LLAPT
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Low Latency Ambient Pass Through
- MB-AGC
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Multi-band Automatic-gain Control
- MCU
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Microprogrammed Control Unit
- MEMS
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Micro Electro Mechanical Systems
- MFi
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Made for iPhone/iPod/iPad
- MIC
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Microphone
- Near-end
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Denote the user of the Bluetooth audio device.
- NR
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Noise Reduction
- OEM
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Original Equipment Manufacturer
- OS
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Operating System
- OTA
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Over The Air
- OVR
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Own Voice Reduction
- PC
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Personal Computer
- RD
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Research and Development
- RHA
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Real Hearing Aid
- RHE
-
Real Hearing Enhancement
- ROM
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Read Only Memory
- RSSI
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Received Signal Strength Indicator
- RWS
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Real Wireless Stereo
- SBC
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Sub Band Code
- SCO
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Synchronous Connection-Oriented
- SDK
-
Software Development Kit
- SNR
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Signal-to-Noise Ratio
- SoC
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System-on-a-Chip
- SPL
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Sound Pressure Level
- SPP
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Serial Port Profile
- THD
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Total Harmonic Distortion
- TTS
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Text-to-Speech
- TX
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Transmit
- UI
-
User Interface
- USB
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Universal Serial Bus
- UUID
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Universal Unique Identifier
- VAD
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Voice Activity Detect
- VP
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Voice Prompts