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Glossary
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mounted in a similar position on the door
frame.
Door Holder
A device that holds a door in the open
position until it is instructed by the System to
change status.
Door Strike
An electrical and/or magnetic device that is
used to hold a door in a locked position.
Opening a door strike requires some form of
electrical charge initiated from a device such
as a card reader.
Ethernet
A network standard of LAN communication
using either coaxial or twisted pair cable.
IEEE 802.3 is the Ethernet standard. There
are the following different types of Ethernet:
10 Mbps (Mega (million) bits per second);
100 Mbps; 1 Gbps (Giga (billion) bits per
second)
Event
An historical record of activity tracked by
the System, such as individuals who were
granted or denied access, anti-passback
violations, and alarms that occurred.
Facility Code
An optional badge field that uniquely
identifies a location. Wiegand card vendors
typically provide the facility code and store
it in the cards. For other cards, facility code
is user-defined. A card reader can be placed
in Facility Code Only mode, requiring the
facility code before access is granted.
HTTP
Acronym for Hyper Text Transfer Protocol.
HTTP defines how messages are formatted
and transmitted and controls what actions
web servers and browsers should take in
response to various commands.
IP
Acronym for Internet Protocol, specifies the
format for packets and the addressing
scheme on a network.
IP Address
An identifier for a computer on a TCP/IP
network. The format of an IP address is a 32-
bit numeric address written as four numbers
separated by periods. Each number can be
zero to 255. For example, 1.120.4.72 could
be an IP address.
IP Camera
A digital video camera that connects directly
to the network with its own IP address and
has the ability to transmit images using a
standard communications protocols such as
TCP/IP. An IP camera does not need to be
connected to a PC or a video capture card.
IPSDC
Acronym for IP-based Single Door
Controller.
LAN
Acronym for Local Area Network. A LAN
links client workstations within a limited
area via high-performance cables so that
users can exchange information, share
peripherals, and draw on the resources of a
secondary storage unit called a file server.
LDAP
Acronym for Lightweight Directory Access
Protocol. LDAP is a software protocol
commonly used to talk with servers that
store user information, including digital
certificates. It enables anyone to locate
organizations, individuals, and other
resources such as files and devices in a
network, whether on the public Internet or on
a corporate intranet. A connection to an
LDAP server may be unencrypted, or it may
be encrypted using SSL.
National Television Standards
Committee
Commonly referred to as NTSC it is the
common television video-signal used
throughout the United States, and Japan.
Network Share
A shared network resource, such as an FTP
site or a network folder.