Secure Communications Group

Security and Automation Glossary

The terms that come up when specifying a camera, access control or recording system, explained without the sales language.

All glossary terms

All 194 terms are written and linked below. Entries are grouped by the first letter of the term.

How to use this glossary

Each entry explains what the term means in a working system, not just its definition. Where a term belongs to a service we provide, the entry links to the relevant service page so you can see how it is applied.

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