1.1 Glossary

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This document uses the following terms:

Media Foundation video subtype: A GUID that indicates a particular well-known video format. Examples include MFVideoFormat_RGB32, MFVideoFormat_IYUV, and MFVideoFormat_H264.

terminal server: A computer on which terminal services is running.

Transmission Control Protocol (TCP): A protocol used with the Internet Protocol (IP) to send data in the form of message units between computers over the Internet. TCP handles keeping track of the individual units of data (called packets) that a message is divided into for efficient routing through the Internet.

video sample: A buffer containing data that describes a full or partial video frame, coupled with timing information that indicates when the sample should be rendered.

MAY, SHOULD, MUST, SHOULD NOT, MUST NOT: These terms (in all caps) are used as defined in [RFC2119]. All statements of optional behavior use either MAY, SHOULD, or SHOULD NOT.