Glossary

Industrial standardization initiative promoting interoperability of IP-enabled security devices.

The ability to mask out a specific area to prevent it from being viewed.

A port is generally a specific place for being physically connected to some other device, usually with a socket and plug of some kind.

The smallest addressable unit on a display screen or bitmapped image.

Camera movement in the horizontal direction.

A camera that allows standing up well in tough weather and temperature conditions with special weatherproof.

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Menus are shown on the display monitor.

A standard for synchronizing computer system clocks via packet-based communication networks. NTP uses the connectionless network protocol UDP.

A collection of information for remote servicing using the SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol).

A quasi-unique identifier attached to most network adapters (NICs). It is a number that acts like a name for a particular network adapter.

A LAN supplies networking capability to a group of computers in close proximity to each other such as in an office building, a school, or a home. A LAN is useful for sharing resources like files, printers, games or other applications. A LAN in turn often connects to other LANs, and to the Internet or other WAN (Wide Area Network).

IP address is a numerical label assigned to each device participating in a computer network that uses the internet protocol for communication. An IP address serves two principal functions: host or network interface identification and location addressing.

ISDN comprised of digital telephony and data-transport services offered by regional telephone carriers. ISDN involves the digitization of the telephone network, which permits voice, data, text, graphics, music, video, and other source material to be transmitted over existing telephone wires.