graphics device interface [ GDI | graphical device interface ]

asynchronous communications device interface

VDI driver | virtual device interface driver

universal peripheral interface

virtual device interface

digital serial interface

Asynchronous Communications Device Interface | ACDI

peripheral interface

They don't interface and interact with one another.

Any digital television set with an integral screen of visible diagonal greater than 30 cm which is put on the market for sale or rent in the Community is to be fitted with at least one open interface socket (either standardised by, or conforming to a standard adopted by, a recognised European standards organisation, or conforming to an industry-wide specification) e.g. the DVB common interface connector, permitting simple connection of peripherals, and able to pass all the elements of a digital television signal, including information relating to interactive and conditionally accessed services’.

Any analogue television set with an integral screen of visible diagonal greater than 42 cm which is put on the market for sale or rent in the Community is to be fitted with at least one open interface socket, as standardised by a recognised European standards organisation, e.g. as given in the Cenelec EN 50 049-1:1997 standard, permitting simple connection of peripherals, especially additional decoders and digital receivers.

The Commission's approval will only be granted once the second and the third element of the commitments package are in place. This will lead to a moratorium for the provision of telematics services on the Toll Collect infrastructure: These services will only be provided once the interface for third peripherals and the toll collection module for third party telematics devices have been developed.