User Manual
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Glossary
• Dual Stream:
Dual stream is a technology used to record high resolution video locally while
transmitting a lower resolution stream over the network. The two streams are generated by
the DVR, with the main stream having a maximum resolution of 4CIF and the sub-stream
having a maximum resolution of CIF.
• DVR:
Acronym for Digital Video Recorder. A DVR is device that is able to accept video signals
from analog cameras, compress the signal and store it on its hard drives.
• HDD:
Acronym for Hard Disk Drive. A storage medium which stores digitally encoded data on
platters with magnetic surfaces.
• DHCP:
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is a network application protocol used
by devices (DHCP clients) to obtain configuration information for operation in an Internet
Protocol network.
• HTTP:
Acronym for Hypertext Transfer Protocol. A protocol to transfer hypertext request and
information between servers and browsers over a network
• DDNS:
Dynamic DNS is a method, protocol, or network service that provides the capability for
a networked device, such as a router or computer system using the Internet Protocol Suite,
to notify a domain name server to change, in real time (ad-hoc) the active DNS
configuration of its configured hostnames, addresses or other information stored in DNS.
• Hybrid DVR:
A hybrid DVR is a combination of a DVR and NVR.
• NTP:
Acronym for Network Time Protocol. A protocol designed to synchronize the clocks of
computers over a network.
• NTSC:
Acronym for National Television System Committee. NTSC is an analog television
standard used in such countries as the United States and Japan. Each frame of an
NTSC signal contains 525 scan lines at 60Hz.
• NVR:
Acronym for Network Video Recorder. An NVR can be a PC-based or embedded
system used for centralized management and storage for IP cameras, IP Domes and other
DVRs.
• PAL:
Acronym for Phase Alternating Line. PAL is also another video standard used in
broadcast televisions systems in large parts of the world. PAL signal contains 625 scan
lines at 50Hz.
• PTZ:
Acronym for Pan, Tilt, Zoom. PTZ cameras are motor driven systems that allow the
camera to pan left and right, tilt up and down and zoom in and out.
• USB:
Acronym for Universal Serial Bus. USB is a plug-and-play serial bus standard to
interface devices to a host computer.
