Archives: Glossary Terms

An application is a software program designed to perform specific tasks for users or systems. It can run on

Applications support refers to the services that ensure software tools run smoothly and meet user needs. In surveillance systems,

The ratio of the vertical to the horizontal image size. This is usually 4:3 for analog video. A wide

ATM, or Asynchronous Transfer Mode, is a network technology that transmits data in fixed-size cells. It supports real-time voice,

This refers to the ability of a PTZ camera to sense movement in the image and follow the movement

AVI is a video format used for exporting footage from DVRs. It’s compatible but may have large file sizes.

This is a generic term used to describe any device used to extract video from a DVR. You could