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Deterrence

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Ability of a security system to stop potential criminals.

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Prevention

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Ability of a security system to physically limit criminals

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Detection

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Ability of a security system to detect an intruder.

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Response

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Ability of a security system to respond if an intruder is detected.

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Apprehension

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Ability of a security system to aid in apprehending an intruder.

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Perimeter protection

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Protects perimeter of building

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Space protection

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Detects intruder inside a volume of Space.

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Spot protection

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Protects a specific object or area

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Monitoring current

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Current flows in a loop. Through devices and back to panel.

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Closed loop

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Circuit where secure condition of path for current is a continuous loop

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Supervision

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Ability of a control panel to monitor electrical characteristics for an open

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Reed switch

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Switch made of 2 metal slivers enclosed in a hermetically sealed glass tube.

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PIR detector

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Passive infrared detector

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PE

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Pyroelectric element, heart of the PIR detector

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Detection pattern

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Pattern in which PE detects changes in energy in a room

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Doppler Shift

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Change in frequency of a sound wave if there is a relative motion between the sound source and the observer

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Dual technology detectors

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Rely on 2 different sensing methods to achieve greater reliability

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Shock sensors

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Used to detect intrusion through windows/walls/ceiling. They analyze the shock wave

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Annunciator panel

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Device that signals the presence & locations of calls or alarms.

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Bath station

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Call initiating device located in bath area to summon help.

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Call cord

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Places a call to a nurse by pressing a switch or if removed from station receptacle.

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Code call

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Distinctive audible and visual signal representing a life threatening situation.

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Central equipment

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Components needed to process and distribute signals among nurse and patient stations.

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Code-call system

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System used to alert necessary staff to a life threatening situation.

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Confirmation light

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Light at a patient/staff station acknowledging the station has been activated.

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Corridor lamp

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Visual annunciator outside a room indicating call activities

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Duty station

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Station that uses tones and lamps to annunciate calls by their type or priority. Located in location away from nurse control station.

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Nurse call system

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Provides audible and visual communication between patients and hospital personnel.

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Nurse control station

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Located at nurse station. Provides audible tones and visual Annunciation of incoming calls.

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Patient monitoring

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Use of a nurse control station to monitor sounds from one or more patient rooms

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Patient station

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Device on wall behind patient that allows patient or staff to summon help.

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Pillow speaker

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Pendant control similar to call cord with additional features like nurse communication & a speaker

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Shower station

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Pull cord activated and waterproof. For patient to call for help.

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Staff emergency station

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Places staff emergency calls

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Staff register station

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Signature the type of staff present in a room or area

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Staff station

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Used by staff to place calls to nurse control station.

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Toilet station

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Allowd patient to signal for help.

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Tone unit

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Remote audible Annunciation unit activated when nurse control station receives a call

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Visual nurse call system

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Nurse call system that annunciates calls by visually identifying the location of origin and sounding a tone.

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Zone lamp

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Visually annunciates calls from a group of rooms in a particular area

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Backbone cable

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Main cable that runs from demark point to telecommunications rooms/closets on each floor

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Main cross connect

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Connection made at demark point

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Horizontal cable

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Cable that runs from tel closet to nodes or work stations

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Intermediate cross connect

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Connection made in tel closet

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Patch cords

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Cat 5e and higher, stranded wire never longer than 5m

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IDC

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Insulation displacement connector

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Patch panel

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Rack/box where cables are terminated

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BNC

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Bayonet Neill-Concleman coax connector

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F connector

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Coax RF connector

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Certified cable

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Meets minimum specifications of EIA/TIA standards

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Verified cable

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Cable has been tested if it will work for its intended use

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Wiremap test

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Ensures cable is connected properly at both ends.

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BERT Test

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Bit error rate test to verify a cable

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HDTDR

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High definition time domain reflectometer

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ACR

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Attenuation to crosstalk ratio

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Total internal reflection

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Process by which light travels through the core bouncing from the cladding

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Mode

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An independent path through a fibre

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Structured cabling

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Complete system of cabling and associated hardware that provides voice, video and data.

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Demarcation point

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Point where service provider terminates their own cable.

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Topology

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Arrangement in which nodes and connecting lines are interconnected

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Physical topology

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Actual geometric layout of work stations in a network.

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Logical topology

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Path the signals follow from node to node

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Network protocols

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Formal standards and protocols that define communication between devices.

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CSMA

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Protocol that provides collision detection

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Transmission control protocol

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A protocol that divides file into packets that are transmitted over the internet and reassembled at destination.

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Internet protocol

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IP is a protocol responsible for the address of each packet as it is sent to it's destination

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Token Ring protocol

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All computers connected in a ring & pass tokens from host to host. Only the holder of the token can send data, only once it's received can it be passed on. Ensures fair usage

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Shielded cable

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1 or more insulated conductors enclosed in a common conductive layer. Either braided or foil.

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Screened cable

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Type of shield that encloses whole cable in a conductive layer.

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UTP

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Unshielded twisted pair

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ScTP

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Screened twisted pair

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STP

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Shielded twisted pair

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RG

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Radio guide cable AKA coax

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Station Z cable

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Plain old tel system. Thermoplastic jacketed cable w 4 untwisted cables

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Balun

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Device converts a balanced signal to an unbalanced signal or vice versa

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Fibre optic

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Signal sent through glass core

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Characteristic impedance

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Ratio of voltage and current of a single wave

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Impedance matching

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Matching of impedance, characteristic impedance of cable and of the load/node

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Category rating

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Describes the different rates of transfer of info

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Bandwidth

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Frequency range in which info can be communicated

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SP

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Service provider

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LAN

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Local area network

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CATV

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Community antenna television

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FT

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Flame test cable

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Electromagnetic noise

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External noise from nearby appliances, equipment etc

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Crosstalk

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Disturbance caused by electric or magnetic fields of one telecommunications signal affecting a signal in an adjacent circuit or pair

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Reflection

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When part of the signal reflects back to the transmitter. Can be caused by collision or termination with wrong characteristic impedance

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Collision

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When two devices attempt to transmit data at the same time