Milestone XProtect Enterprise 2014 - Manual (Page 202)

Milestone XProtect ® Enterprise
2014
Administrator's Manual
www.milestonesys.com 202 Glossary of Terms
Glossary of Terms
Symbols & Numeric
360 degrees panomorph support
Cameras with 360 degrees panomorph
support offer
—as the name indicates—360
degree coverage and can survey an entire
area without blind spots or distorted images.
A
Analytics Events
Analytics events are data received from an
external third-party video content analysis
(VCA) provider. An example of a VCA-based
system is an access control system. Analytics
events integrates seamlessly with the Alarms
feature.
API
Application Program Interface —set of tools
and building blocks for creating or customizing
software applications.
Aspect ratio
The height/width relationship of an image.
ATM
Automatic teller machine —machine that
dispenses money when a personal coded card
is used.
AVI
A popular file format for video. Files in this
format carry the .avi file extension.
C
Carousel
A feature for displaying video from several
cameras, one after the other, in a single
camera position. The required cameras and
the intervals between changes are specified by
the XProtect Enterprise administrator. The
carousel feature is available, if configured, in
the Smart Client.
Central
XProtect Central is a feature that provides a
complete overview of status and alarms from
any number of the system's servers,
regardless of location.
Codec
A technology for compressing and
decompressing audio and video data, for
example, in an exported AVI file. MPEG and
Indeo are examples of frequently used codecs.
CSV
Comma-separated values data format that
stores tabular data, where the lines represent
rows in a table and commas define the
columns, in a simple file. For example, data
about cameras may appear as comma-
separated values in a .csv file, which you can
then import into your system. It is an effective
method if you set up several similar systems.
D
Device
In XProtect Enterprise : a camera, video
encoder, input device, or output device
connected to a recording server.
DirectX
A Windows extension providing advanced
multimedia capabilities.
DNS