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A
Access Control Cards
Alphanumeric video generator (also text inserter)
Analog
Anti-aliasing
Angle Of View
Aperture
Artifacts
Aspect Ratio
Aspherical Lens
Astigmatism
Attenuation
Auto White Balance
Automatic Frequency Control (AFC)
Automatic Gain Control (AGC)
Automatic Iris Lens
B
Balun
Bar Code
Biometrics
B.L.C. (Back Light Compensation
Back Focus
Band Width
Base-Band Video
BER -Bit error rate
Bit rate
Black Level
Blooming
BNC
Byte
C
C Mount / CS Mount
C.C.I.R.
Camera
Cathode Ray Tube (CRT)
CATV
CCD
CCIR 601
CCIR 656
CCTV
CCVE
CDS
CFA - Color filter array
CMOS
Chrominance (C)
Coaxial Cable
Coercivity
Color difference signal
Color sub carrier
Color temperature
Component Video
Composite Video
Contrast
D
Db (Decibel)
DC Type Lens
Depth Of Field
Digital Imaging
Digital Recording
Digital Video Recorder (DVR
Distribution Amplifier
DLP
Duplex (Multiplexer)
DVI (Digital Video Interface)
DVR
Dwell Time
Dynamic IP Address
E
E.I. (Electronic Iris) Shutter
EIA
Encoder
Encryption
Ethernet
Ext. Sync (External Sync)
F
Facial Capture
Fiber Optic
Field Of View
Fixed focal length lens
Flange Back
Focal Length
Focus
Foot Candle (FC)
Frames per Second (FPS)
F-Stop
G
Gain
Ghost
Gigabyte (GB)
Gray Scale
Ground
Ground Loop
H
HDDTV - High definition digital television
HDTV - High definition television
HiCo
Head End
Horizontal Resolution
Hyper-HAD
Hz (Hertz)
I
IEEE 1394 aka FireWire
iLink
I.R. (Infra Red)
Image Burn (Retained Image)
Image Capture System
Impedance
Infrared Illumination
Insertion Loss
Intensifier
Interlace
IP Address
Iris
ISO Magnetic Stripe Encoder
J
JPEG
K
Kelvin
KHz
Kilobyte
L
LAN
Lens
Level Control
License Plate Reading
Line Amplifier (Video Line Corrector)
Line Lock
Line-of-sight
Liquid crystal display (LCD)
LoCo
Looping
Low Light (or low lux)
Luminance
Luminance (Y)
Lux
M
Magnetic (“Mag”) Stripe
Manual Iris Lens
Matrix Switcher
Mechanical Focus (Back-Focus, Racking)
Megabyte (MB)
Monitor
Monochrome
Multi-Mode Fiber Optics
MPEG
N
N.T.S.C.
Noise
O
Ocular
Output impedance
P
P.A.L.
Pan
Pan/Tilt/Zoom (PTZ)
Pinhole Camera
Passive
Peripheral
Phase locked loop (PLL)
Pip
Pixel
Plasma
Pulse Code Modulation: (PCM)
Processors
Progressive (p) scanning
Proximity (“Prox” Card)
Q
Quad
R
Rack Mount
RAID
Random Interlace
Raster
RCA aka RCA Jacks
Realtime (or real time)
Receiver
Remote Playback
Resolution
Resonant Frequency
RMS
RPTV
RS-232
RS-422
RS-485
S
S.E.C.A.M. (See CCIR)
Saturation (Color
Scotopic vision
SCSI
SECAM
Sensitivity
Sequential Switchers
Simplex (Multiplexer)
Single-mode fiber optics
Smart Card
Standard Cards
Static IP Address
Switcher
Super HAD CCD
T
T1
Tearing
Telephoto
Terminated (75 Ohm Terminated)
Tilt
Timebase Corrector (T.B.C.)
Time-Lapse Recording
Triplex (TM)
Twisted Pair
U
UHF signal - Ultra high frequency signal.
Unbalanced signal
Uninterrupted Power Supply (Ups)
Unterminated (Hi-Z)
Word
V
Variable bit rate
Varifocal Lens
Velocity of propagation
VCR
Vertical interval
Vertical Interval Switching
Vext
VHF - Very high frequency.
Video bandwidth
Video Motion Detection (V.M.D.)
Video Type Lens
VLF - Very low frequency
W
WAN - Wide area network
White Light
WMA
X
Y
Y/C
Y, R-Y, B-Y
Y, U, V
Z
Zero Lux
Zoom
Zoom Lens
Zoom Ratio
Zone
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