- 3D-DNR - 3D Digital Noise Reduction
- AE - Automatic Exposure
- AF - Automafic Focus
- AHD - Analog High Definition
- AI - Artificial Intellect
- AWB - Automatic White Balance
- B&W - Black and White
- BLC - Back Light Compensation
- CCTV - Closed-circuit Television
- CMOS - Complementary Metal–Oxide Semiconductor
- DC - Direct Current
- DDNS - Dynamic Domain Name Service
- DHCP - Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
- DNR - Digital Noise Reduction
- DNS - Domain Name Service
- DRC - Dynamic Range Compression
- DVR - Digital Video Recorder
- FTP - File Transfer Protocol
- HDR - High Dynamic Range
- HLS - HTTP Live Streaming (protocol)
- LED - Light-Emitting Diode
- NVR - Network Video Recorder
- HD - High Definition
- HTTP - Hypertext Transfer Protocol
- IC - Integrated Circuit
- ICR - Infrared Cutfilter Removal
- IP - Internet Protocol
- IPC - IP Camera
- IQ - Image Quality
- IR - Infrared
- ISP - Image Signal Processor
- JPEG - Joint Photographic Experts Group (file format)
- MJPEG - Motion JPEG (video format)
- NTP - Network Time Protocol
- ONVIF - Open Network Video Interface Forum (standard)
- PCB - Printed Circuit Board
- PiP - Picture-in-Picture
- PIR - Passive infrared (sensor)
- PoE - Power over Ethernet
- PPPoE - Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet
- PTZ - Pan–Tilt–Zoom
- ROI - Region of Interest
- RTCP - Real-Time Transport Control Protocol
- RTP - Real-time Transport Protocol
- RTMP - Real-Time Messaging Protocol
- RTSP - Real Time Streaming Protocol
- SMD - Surface-mount Device
- SMT - Surface-mount Technology
- SMTP - Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
- SoC - System on a Chip
- TCP - Transmission Control Protocol
- TFTP - Trivial File Transfer Protocol
- UART - Universal Asynchronous Receiver-Transmitter
- UPnP - Universal Plug and Play
- USB - Universal Serial Bus
- WDR - Wide Dynamic Range
- PTS - Presentation Time Stamp
- fps - Average frame rate in frames per second (
AVStream.avg_frame_rate) - tbr - Real base framerate of the stream (
AVStream.r_frame_rate) - tbn - Timescale in ticks per second (
AVStream.time_base)