Key Frame
In compressed digital video, a Key Frame is a Full Frame. Unlike Delta Frames, Key Frames are full pictures and do not rely on preceding frames. These Key Frames are references later on by Delta Frames in compressed video.
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- Mibit
- miCard
- MicroSD
- MicroSD eXtended Capacity
- microSDHC
- microSDXC
- MID
- MIDI
- MIDI Committee of the Association of Musical Electronic Industry
- MIDI Manufacturers Association
- mini Digital Video
- MiniDisc
- MiniDisc Long Play
- MiniDisc-Data
- miniDV
- miniDVD
- miniSD
- miniSD High Capacity
- miniSDHC
- MIPI
- MIU
- MKV
- MMA
- MMC
- MMCA
- MMCmicro
- MMCmobile
- MMCplus
- MNG
- Mobile Digital Media Controller
- Mobile Digital Media Downloader
- Mobile Digital Media Player
- Mobile Digital Media Server
- Mobile Digital Media Uploader
- Mobile Network Connectivity Function
- Mobile World Congress
- MoD
- Mod16
- Modchip
- Monkey's Audio
- Monochrome Display Adapter
- Monochrome Display and Printer Adapter
- Mosquitoes
- Motion Estimation
- Motion JPEG
- Motion Picture Association
- Motion Picture Association of America
- MotoBlur
- Mount Rainier
- MOV
- Moving Picture Experts Group
- Moving Pictures Expert Group
- MP
- MP+
- MP2
- MP3
- MP3 plus Graphics
- MP3+G
- MP4
- MP@H-14
- MP@HL
- MP@ML
- MPA
- MPAA
- MPEG
- MPEG 3 URL
- MPEG Advanced Audio Coding
- MPEG-1
- MPEG-1 Audio Layer III
- MPEG-1 Audio Layer III Plus Graphics
- MPEG-1 IPB videostream
- MPEG-1 Layer II
- MPEG-2
- MPEG-2 AAC
- MPEG-2 Layer II
- MPEG-2 NBC
- MPEG-2 Packetized Elementary Stream
- MPEG-2 Program Stream
- MPEG-2 PS
- MPEG-2 Transport Stream
- MPEG-2 TS
- MPEG-21
- MPEG-4
- MPEG-4 ASP
- MPEG-4 Industry Forum
- MPEG-4 Part 10
- MPEG-4 Part 2
- MPEG-4 SP
- MPEG-7
- MPV
- MRIMG
- MRW
- MSU Lossless Video Codec
- Multi-Angle
- Multi-Color Graphics Array
- Multi-pass encoding
- Multimedia Interface Card
- MultiMediaCard
- MultiMediaCard Association
- MultiMediaCard Micro
- MultiMediaCard Mobile
- MultiMediaCard Plus
- Multiple Direct Client to Client
- Multiple Program Transport Stream
- Multiple-image Network Graphics
- Multiplexing
- Multisession
- Multisource File Transfer Protocol
- Musepack (MP+)
- Music Industry Piracy Investigations
- Musical Instrument Digital Interface
- MusicDNA
- Muxing
- mux_rate
- MWC
- N
- NAB
- Nagravision
- Nagravision 3
- Nagravision Aladin
- Nagravision Cardmagedon
- Nagware
- Napster
- National Association of Broadcasters
- National Association of Theater Owners
- National Music Publishers Association
- National Television System Committee
- Native Resolution
- NATO
- Navigation Stream
- NDS
- NDS VideoGuard
- NDSL
- Near Field Communication
- Neotion SHL
- Neotioncrypt
- Nero Digital
- Nero Digital AVC
- New Technology File System
- NewZBin
- Next Generation Video Gaming Card
- NFC
- NFO
- Nickname Service
- Nickserv
- Nintendo DS
- Nintendo DS Lite
- Nintendo DSi
- Nintendo DSi LL
- NMPA
- Noise
- Not Found
- NRG
- NTFS
- NTSC
- NUKED
- NVG Card
- NVIDIA Optimus
- Nyquist Frequency
- Nyquist-Shannon Sampling Theorem
- NZB
- O
- O&O DiskImage
- ODB
- ODF
- ODG
- ODP
- ODS
- ODT
- OEM
- Ofcom
- Ogg
- Ogg Media
- Ogg Tarkin
- Ogg Theora
- Ogg Vorbis
- OGM
- OHA
- OMA
- OMG
- OmniCrypt
- On The Fly
- on the fly encryption
- Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act
- Open Captions
- Open FastTrack
- Open Graphics Library
- Open Handset Alliance
- Open Rights Group
- OpenDocumentFormat
- OpenFT
- OpenGL
- OpenMG
- Opposite Track Path
- OptimFROG
- OptimFROG DualStream
- ORG
- Original Equipment Manufacturer
- OTA
- P
- P&S
- P-CAV
- P-frame
- P2P
- Pack
- Packed Format
- Packet
- PAL
- Pan & Scan
- Pan-European Game Information
- PAR
- Parallel ATA
- Parallel Track Path
- Partial CAV
- Partial-Constant Angular Velocity
- Partimage
- PARTIMG
- PARTIMG.BZ2
- PARTIMG.GZ
- Partition
- PASC
- Passive-Matrix
- PATA
- Patch Tuesday
- Paul Dirac
- PB
- Pbit
- PCeU
- PDI
- PDMI
- PDP
- PDVD
- Pebibit
- Pebibyte
- Peer-to-peer
- PeerDNS
- PEGI
- PEGI 12
- PEGI 16
- PEGI 18
- PEGI 3
- PEGI 7
- PEGI OK
- Period
- Personal Video Recorder
- Petabit
- Petabyte
- petaFLOPS
- PGC
- Phantom DSL
- Phase
- Phase Alternating Line
- Phorm
- PiB
- Pibit
- PicAFF
- Picture Element
- Picture In Picture
- Picture Outside Picture
- Picture-Level Frame/Field Coding
- Pillarbox
- PIP
- Pirated DVD
- Pit
- Pixel
- Pixel Aspect Ratio
- Place Shifting
- Planar Format
- Plasma display
- PlayStation Move
- Playstation Portable
- Playstation Portable Slim and Lite
- PlayStation Vita
- PNG
- PoE
- POP
- Portable Device Media Interface
- Portable Document Format
- Portable Network Graphics
- Power over Ethernet
- PowerPoint Slideshow
- PowerVu
- PowerVu+
- PPS
- PPT
- PPVRip
- PQDI
- PQI
- Pre-shared Key
- Precision Adaptive Sub-band Coding
- Predictive video frame
- Presentation Stream
- Profile
- Profile 1.0
- Profile 1.1
- Profile 2.0
- Program Chain
- Progressive
- Prohibited User Operation
- Project Natal
- PROPER
- Prosumer
- PS
- PS Jailbreak
- PSfreedom
- PSgroove
- PSK
- PSP
- PSP Go!
- PSPgo
- PSVita
- PSX DVR
- PTP
- Public Knowledge
- Pulldown
- PUO
- PVR
- Pwn2Own
- PX
- Q
- Q-Pel
- QAM
- QCIF
- Qflix
- Qpel
- QQVGA
- QSXGA
- QT
- Quad eXtended Graphics Array
- Quad HDTV
- Quad Super Extended Graphics Array
- Quad Ultra Extended Graphics Array
- QuadHD
- Quadrature amplitude modulation
- Quarter Common Intermediate Format
- Quarter D1
- Quarter Pixel Motion Estimation
- Quarter VGA
- Quarter-QVGA
- QuickTime
- QuickTime Movie
- QUXGA
- QVGA
- QXGA
- R
- R'G'B'
- R5
- RA
- ram
- RAM Promotion Group
- RAMbo Drive
- RAMDAC
- RAMPRG
- Random access
- Random access memory
- Random Access Memory Digital-to-Analog Converter
- RapidDrive
- RAR
- RAS
- RAW
- Raw DV
- RAW Video
- RCE
- RDOD
- RealAudio
- RealDVD
- RealMedia
- RealMedia Variable Bitrate
- RealVideo
- Rear Channel
- Rec.601
- Recording Industry Association of America
- Red Dot of Death
- Red Green Blue
- Red Ring of Death
- Reduced-Size MultiMediaCard
- Region 0 DVD
- Region 1 DVD
- Region 2 DVD
- Region 3 DVD
- Region 4 DVD
- Region 5
- Region 5 DVD
- Region 6 DVD
- Region 7 DVD
- Region 8 DVD
- Region code
- Region Coding Enhancement
- Region Free
- Region-code enhanced
- Regional-Playback Control
- Release to Manufacturing
- Remote Authorization System
- Remote Storage - Digital Video Recorder
- REPACK
- Resolution
- Resource Interchange File Format
- Retina Display
- Reverse Telecine
- RGB
- RIAA
- RIFF-WAV
- Right
- Right Channel
- Right Surround
- Right Surround Channel
- Rijndael
- Rip
- RipGuard
- Riplock
- RM
- rmvb
- ROM Mark
- Roms
- Roshal ARchive
- RossCrypt
- RP (Ratings Pending)
- RPC
- RPC-1
- RPC-2
- RROD
- RS-DVR
- RS-MMC
- RSDL
- rtm
- RusCrypto
- Rustock
- S
- S-VHS
- S-VHS-C
- S-Video
- S/N
- S/PDIF
- SACD
- Sample
- Samplerate
- Sampling Frequency
- Sampling Theorem
- SAR
- SATA
- SATA 1
- SATA II
- SATA2
- SBR
- Scanline
- Scareware
- SCMS
- Screener
- SCSA
- SD
- SD Card Association
- SD Plus
- SDA
- SDDS
- SDHC
- SDIO
- SDRAM
- SDSL
- SDTV
- SDV
- SDXC
- SECAM
- SecurDisc
- Secure Content Storage Association
- Secure Digital (SD) Memory Cards
- Secure Digital eXtended Capacity
- Secure Digital High Capacity
- Secure Digital Input Output
- Secure Digital Plus
- Secure Sockets Layer
- SecureMMC
- Seedbox
- Seeding
- Selectable Output Control
- Self Mounting Image
- Sense 3.5
- Separated Video
- Sequential Colour with Memory
- Sequential Couleur Avec Memoire
- Serial ATA
- Serial Copy Management System
- Service Set Identifier
- SESAC
- Session
- Set-Top Box
- Set-Top Unit
- SFV
- Shareware
- SheerVideo
- SHN
- Shockwave Flash
- Shorten
- SHV
- SIF
- Signal Aspect Ratio
- Signal-to-Noise ratio
- SIIA
- SIMM
- Simple File Verification
- Simple Profile
- Single layer Blu-ray disc
- Single Program Transport Stream
- Single Sided Dual Layer
- Single Sided Single Layer
- Siri
- Sixaxis
- SkyCrypt
- Smacker
- Smacker Video
- Small Outline Dual In-line Memory Module
- SmartGlass
- SMF
- SMI
- SMPTE
- SMPTE 421M
- snow
- SNR
- SOC
- SOCAN
- Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada
- Society of European Stage Authors & Composers
- Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers
- SODIMM
- Software and Information Industry Association
- Sony Dynamic Digital Sound
- Sony/Philips Digital Interconnect Format
- SOPA
- SOUNDabout Lossless
- SoundExchange
- SoundVQ
- SP
- Spambot
- SPDIF
- Speedmenu
- SPTS
- SRT
- SSA
- SSDL
- SSID
- SSL
- SSSL
- Standard Definition
- Standard Digital Television
- Standard Interchange Format
- Standard MIDI File
- STB
- Steam
- Stop Online Piracy Act
- Storage Aspect Ratio
- straight-to-DVD
- straight-to-video
- Stream Capture
- Streaming
- STU
- Stuxnet
- STV
- SubRip Subtitle File
- SubStation Alpha
- Super eXtended Graphics Array
- Super eXtended Graphics Array Plus
- Super Hi-Vision
- Super Multi
- Super VGA
- Super Video Graphics Array
- Super-Resolution
- SuperAudioCD
- SuperVCD
- SuperVHS
- SuperVideoCD
- Surround
- Surround Channel
- Surround Sound
- SVCD
- SVGA
- SVHS
- Swap Magic
- Swaploit
- swf
- Switched Digital Video
- SWM
- SXGA
- SXGA+
- SXGA-
- Symmetrical DSL
- T
- T (Teen)
- T-Crypt
- Table Of Contents
- Taiyo Yuden
- TAO
- TB
- Tbit
- Tbyte
- TC
- TDSS
- TDSServ
- Tebibit
- Tebibyte
- Telecide
- Telecine
- Temporal Key Integrity Protocol
- Terabit
- Terabyte
- teraFLOPS
- Tethering
- TF
- ThalesCrypt
- THD
- The Independent Game developer Association
- The Onion Router
- Theora
- Third Generation Partnership Project 2
- THX
- Tianhe-1A
- TiB
- TIB (format)
- Tibit
- Tidserv
- TIGA
- Time Shifting
- Time to Live
- Titan
- Title
- TiVo
- TKIP
- TMDS
- TOC
- Tomlinson Holman's eXperiment
- Top Field First
- TOR
- Torrent
- Total HD
- Total Hi Defintion Disc
- TouchWiz
- TouchWiz 3.0
- TouchWiz 4.0
- TouchWiz UX
- TPS-Crypt
- Track
- Tracker
- Track_At_Once
- Transcoding
- TransFlash
- Transition Minimized Differential Signaling
- Triple play
- True Audio
- True Cinema
- TrueImage
- TrustedFlash
- TTA
- TTL
- TurboCore
- TV Line
- TV Lines per Picture Height
- TV-RIP
- TwinVQ
- TY
- Type 1 DV
- Type 2 DV
- U
- UAA
- UDF
- UDF 1.02
- UDF 1.50
- UDF 2.00
- UDF 2.50
- UDF 2.60
- UDF Bridge
- UDF/ISO
- UDIF
- UEFI
- UER
- UHDTV
- UHDV
- UIF
- UKIE
- Ultra Definition
- Ultra eXtended Graphics Array
- Ultra High Definition Television
- Ultra High Definition Video
- Ultra VGA
- Ultra Video Graphics Array
- Ultrabook
- UltraISO
- UltraViolet
- UMA
- UMD
- Unified EFI Forum
- Unified Extensible Firmware Interface
- Uniform Resource Locator
- Universal Audio Architecture
- Universal Disk Format
- Universal Disk Image Format
- Universal Image Format
- Universal Media Disc
- Universal Plug and Play
- Universal Serial Bus
- Unlicensed Mobile Access
- UOP
- UPnP
- Upscaling
- url
- USB
- USB 1.1
- USB 2.0
- USB 3.0
- Usenet
- User Operation Prohibitions
- ustom Electronics Design and Installation Association
- UVGA
- UXGA
- V
- V2000
- V2I
- V422
- Variable Bitrate
- Variable Block-Size Motion Compensation
- Variable Framerate
- VBR
- VBSMC
- VC-1
- VC4
- VCC
- VCD
- VCPS
- VDI
- Vector Quantization Format
- Versatile Multilayer Disc
- Vertical Helix Scan
- VESA
- VFD
- VFR
- VfW
- VGA
- VGA2EGA
- VHD
- VHS
- VHS-C
- VHSRip
- Viaccess
- Viaccess 1
- Viaccess 2
- Viaccess 3
- Viaccess PC2.3
- Viaccess PC2.4
- Viaccess PC2.5
- Viaccess PC2.6
- Viaccess PC3.0
- Video 2000
- Video Capture
- Video Coding 1
- Video Compact Cassette
- Video Compression 1
- Video Content Protection System
- Video Electronic Standards Association
- Video for Windows
- Video Graphics Array
- Video Home System
- Video Manager Group
- Video Object
- Video OBject Unit
- Video Standards Council
- Video Title Set
- Video8
- VideoCD
- Videotape
- VIDEO_RM
- VIDEO_TS
- Virtual CD
- Virtual Disk Image
- Virtual drive
- Virtual Hard Disk
- Virtual Machine Disk Format
- Virtual Network Computing
- VirtualBox
- VirtualPC
- Visual Resolution
- VMD
- VMDK
- VMG
- VNC
- VOB
- VOBU
- Vorbis
- VP3
- VP8
- VQF
- VSC
- VTS
- W
- Waledac
- Walkman
- WAN
- Warez
- Watermarks
- WAV
- Waveform Audio Format
- WebGL
- WebM
- webOS
- WEP
- WEP2
- WEPplus
- WGA
- Which?
- White Hat
- white noise
- White Spaces Coalition
- WHSXGA
- WHUXGA
- WHXGA
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Protected Access
- Wide Area Network
- Wide Hexadecatuple Extended Graphics Array
- Wide Hexadecatuple Super Extended Graphics Array
- Wide Hexadecatuple Ultra Extended Graphics Array
- Wide Quad eXtended Graphics Array
- Wide Quad Super Extended Graphics Array
- Wide Quad Ultra Extended Graphics Array
- Wide QVGA
- Wide VGA
- Wide XGA
- Widescreen
- Widescreen Ultra eXtended Graphics Array
- WiGig
- WiHD
- WIM
- WiMAX
- WiMAX 2
- WiMAX Forum
- Windows Genuine Advantage
- Windows Imaging Format
- Windows Media
- Windows Media Audio
- Windows Media Format
- Windows Media Lossless
- Windows Media Player
- Windows Media Video
- Windows Media Video 9
- WIPO
- WIPO Copyright and Performances and Phonograms Treaties Implementation Act
- Wired Equivalent Privacy
- Wireless Gigabit
- Wireless Gigabit Alliance
- WirelessHD
- WMA
- WMA plus Graphics
- WMA+G
- WMF
- WMP
- WMV
- WMV HD
- wobble groove
- Workprint
- World Intellectual Property Organization
- Worldwide Developers Conference
- Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access.
- WPA
- WPA2
- WQSXGA
- WQUXGA
- WQVGA
- WQXGA
- Wrapper
- WSC
- WSXGA
- WUXGA
- WVGA
- WWDC
- WXGA
- WXGA+
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