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iTunes U Outage

Apple Inc. is planning on maintenance on the iTunes U service on Monday, May 12, between 9:00 pm MT and 11:30 pm MT.

The campus iTunes U service will be unavailable during this maintenance period.

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The U on iTunes - Terms

Much of the iTunes U content development information provided on this site requires a basic understanding of certain terminology. Below is a basic glossary of key terms for users to consult as they study the materials available from this site. Additional terms will be added depending on user feedback as well as advances in hardware and sofware.

AA
AAC
Aggregator
AIFF
Analog
Apple Compressor
Apple Lossess
Atom
Authentication
Authorization
Autocasting
AVC (Advanced Video Coding)
Camtasia
Codec (Compressor-Decompressor)
Digital
DRM (Digital Rights Management)
DV (Digital Video)
Enhanced Podcast
FairPlay
Final Cut Pro & Express
FireWire (IEEE 1394)
GarageBand
HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol)
iMovie
iPod
iTunes
iTunes U
Linear Video Editing
Logic Pro & Express
Lossless Compression
Lossy Compression
Metadata
MMS (Microsoft Media Services)
MP3 (MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3)
MPEG-4
MPEG Streamclip
Non-Linear Editing (NLE)
PDF (Portable Document Format)
Podcast
Podsafe
Procoder
Podcast Producer
ProfCast
Progressive Download
Real Time Streaming
RSS (Really Simple Syndication)
RTP (Real-Time Transport Protocol)
RTSP (Real-Time Streaming Protocol)
Screencast
Snaps Pro X
Sorenson Squeeze
Streaming Media
Transcode
uNID
WAV
XML (Extensible Markup Language)
Zune