VOD (Video-On-Demand)

A system that allows a user to select and access stored video content as

desired. CATV providers, for example, commonly offer VOD, storing large numbers of movies and previously aired television programs on video servers.When the subscriber selects content, the movie or program is accessed on the server, decompressed and streamed over the network, and begins to play almost immediately on the user’s TV set. See also CATV, compression, and server.

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• High-Speed Circuit Switched Data (HSCSD)
• High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA)
• High Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA)
• high-tier
• high voltage (HV)
• HiperACCESS (High performance radio ACCESS)
• HiperLAN/1 (High performance radio Local Area Network version 1)
• HiperLAN2 (High performance radio Local Area Network version 2)
• HiperMAN (High performance radio Metropolitan Area Network)
• HIPPI (HIgh Performance Parallel Interface)
• Hockham, George
• hold
• hold
• Holmes, E.T.
• home page
• home page
• HomePlug
• home run
• hook switch
• hoot
• hoot and holler
• hoot ’n’ holler
• hop
• hop sequence
• horizontal cable