Glossary

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PTZ

Pan/Tilt/Zoom.

 

Pan – rotating camera to the left or right.

 

Tilt – rotating camera up or down.

 

Zoom – making image larger (telephoto) or

 

smaller (wide angle).

POTS or PSTN

Plain Old Telephone Service or Public

 

Switched Telephone Network. The basic

 

service that supplies a single analog

 

telephone unit with access to the public

 

switched network (via the local telephone

 

service provider). Refers to the worldwide

 

voice telephone network accessible to all

 

those with telephones and access privileges.

Private Branch eXchange (PBX)

A private telephone switching system,

 

usually located on a customer’s premises

 

with an attendant console. It is connected to

 

common group of lines from one or more

 

central offices to provide service to a number

 

of individual phones. Most PBXs allow

 

analog extensions on the system, allowing

 

access to special features such as

 

conferencing and transferring to analog

 

devices. A PBX connects to the telephone

 

lines supplied by the CO (Central Office).

QCIF

Quarter CIF. A quarter of the Common

 

Intermediate Format = 176 X 144 pixels

QoS

Quality of Service. This allows guaranteed

 

bandwidth and packet delivery between end

 

points over a packet network.

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