| 10-foot apps | A term typically used for apps that are more than two feet from the user, e.g., TV, Xbox, or PlayStation. |
| Akamai | A Content Delivery Network (CDN), predominantly used as a security layer and caching system. |
| Alternate audio tracks | A feature that enables users to select alternate audio tracks, supporting multiple languages and ambient background sounds. |
| Alternate streams | A playback mode enabling users to view different streams of the same event (e.g., different cameras) without losing playback position. |
| Alerts | Displayed at the top of a screen, providing information about other events or e-commerce. Tap an alert to view another stream or purchase merchandise. |
| App | A client application, such as DIVA's video player Reference App on iOS that consumes data via APIs. |
| Application Programming Interface (API) | Defines multiple interactions between software applications. |
| Automatic highlights | Easily revisit event content with notifications, which if selected, activate Highlight's mode, where key event moments can be rewatched. |
| AWS (Amazon Web Services) | Subsidiary of Amazon.com that provides on-demand cloud computing platforms to individuals, companies and governments, on a paid subscription basis |
| Back Office (BO) | The back office (BO) is the data access layer that operators and administrators use to configure settings, manage ingested content, and schedule streams. |
| Call to action (CTA) | A part of a page or piece of content that encourages the user to do something, e.g., select a button. |
| Chapters | The breaking up of lengthy video streams into shorter, digestible sections. |
| Chunks | The segment components of a Stream such as Video, Audio, Text, ... Durig Live chunks will be played sequentially and they will be added live to the manifest ( ?). |
| CMS | Content Management System (CMS) is software used to manage the creation and modification of digital content. |
| Commentary | A data stream container displayed on the left of the player containing events with specific icons. |
| Configuration file (DIVA 5) | Specifically for DIVA 5, the Configuration file includes the Dictionary and the Video metadata files, which contain information about videos. |
| Custom data panel | Custom content, e.g., statistics or league tables, displays within a tab on a responsive page. |
| DASH (Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP) | Stream format used on the web and Android |
| Dictionary (DIVA 5) | Specifically for DIVA 5, the Dictionary file forms part of the Configuration file, allowing DIVA to localize the video player experience. |
| DIVA subscriber | The component in the FORGE ecosystem that reacts to webhook notifications from DIVA's back office and creates video files in FORGE. |
| Digital Rights Management (DRM) | A systematic approach to copyright protection for digital media, preventing unauthorized redistribution of digital media. |
| Digital Video Recorder (DVR) | A device that records video in a digital format. |
| Dynamic Ad Insertion (DAI) | Also known as Server-side Ad Insertion (SSAI), DAI enables advertisements to be directly served into live, linear programming. |
| Entitlement | An asset that a user has permission to play under the terms of a subscription or transactional offer. |
| Encoder | The encoding process is how DIVA's back office obtains video assets. Encoders push video assets to Azure Media Services (AMS). |
| Event | Events display in the commentary overlay and allow users to navigate to the corresponding point of the event. |
| Front end (FE) | The Reference Apps presentation layer the end user interacts with to consume content and interact with features. |
| Forge | A CMS that communicates with DIVA's back office, synchronizing sports data with video streams. |
| HLS (Apple HTTP Live Streaming) | HTTP-based live media streaming communications protocol, implemented by Apple Inc. |
| Ingestion | The process of importing and validating metadata and files into DIVA's back office. |
| Live back-off value | A specified delay in live video playback to provide smoother playback with fewer buffering issues. |
| Live Digital Video Recorder (DVR) | A form of live video where past moments are recorded as content progresses, allowing users to move between live and previous moments. |
| Live linear streaming | A form of video content where users can only watch the video in the live moment without recordings of previous moments. |
| Live replay | The ability to consume video-on-demand content without knowing the result prematurely (not spoiled). |
| Mobile player | A video player for Android and iOS, providing the same experience as the desktop player with some technical limitations on certain devices. |
| Multi-angle clips | A playback mode for video-on-demand (VOD) clips that are linked to a timeline event marker, allowing users to view an event from different angles. |
| Side-by-side view | A playback mode that allows users to consume multiple streams simultaneously on a single screen, dependent on the platform. |
| Operator | A scheduler within the DIVA back office. |
| OVP (Online Video Platform) | An online video platform (OVP) enables users to upload, convert, store, and play back video content on the Internet, often via a private server structured, large-scale system that may generate revenue. |
| Picture-in-Picture (PiP) | Displays one stream in full-screen with another stream in an inset floating window. |
| Recommendations | Often called content recommendations, enabling related video content to display for users during or after a stream. |
| Scrubber | Also known as the Seekbar, it shows the current play position of playback and allows users to change it by dragging. |
| Settings file | An XML file containing DIVA's configuration, including the Video metadata and Vocabulary files. |
| SSO (Single Sign-On) | property of access control of multiple related, yet independent, software systems |
| Synchronized data panel | Sometimes called Snapshots, displays additional information and statistics alongside video content. |
| Server-side Ad Insertion (SSAI) | Also known as Dynamic Ad Insertion (DAI), SSAI enables advertisements to be directly served into live, linear programming. |
| Timeline | Also known as the Interactive Timeline, a key feature for content discoverability, allowing users to access the best moments of the event. |
| User group | A collection of users with the same status in the system, typically related to entitlement or subscription levels. |
| Video asset | Digital video content that is stored, managed, or utilized as a single entity within a system or platform. |
| Video metadata file | Contains video metadata such as the video URL, title, advertisements, synchronization data, etc. |
| Video lists | The grouping of content passed to the front end for rendering based on use cases or journeys (e.g., live matches, camera angles). |
| Video Origin delivery | A service that packages videos as Adaptive Bitrate Streaming (ABR) content using AWS and Harmonic. |
| Vocabulary file | Contains XML data specifying localization strings for DIVA's interface. |
| VOD (Video on Demand) | more commonly known as “streaming media,” delivers audio and video content to consumers on a per-program basis. |