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AVI (Audio Video Interleave)
The format developed by Microsoft Corporation to store a moving image and audio in a file.
The data in the AVI file can easily be managed using Microsoft Windows. Various CODECs can be applied to the AVI data.
Bit rate
The rate at which data bits are transmitted.
CODEC (COmpressor DECompressor) Software/hardware for coding/decoding video and audio data.
fps (frame per second)
The unit of frame rate, indicating the number of frames transmitted from the camera per second.
Frame
A moving image is composed of multiple still images. A frame is one still image.
Frame rate
The number of frames of a moving image that can be transmitted per second.
JPEG
Abbreviation for Joint Photographic Expert Group. The still image compression technology or standards of the ISO (International Organization for Standardization) and
MPEG4
Abbreviation for Moving Picture Experts Group4. One of the MPEG standards for image compression format aiming to transmit images at a high compression rate with lower picture quality.
Pan & tilt
Pan is horizontal movement of the camera head. Tilt is vertical movement of the camera head.
Proxy server
A server or software that acts as an intermediary between a local network and the Internet so that it can connect to the Internet in place of a computer on a local network
Snapshot
A still image captured from a moving image of the camera
TCP/IP
TCP is an abbreviation for Transmission Control Protocol. A standard protocol used for the Internet connection.
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