| The Glossary An all inclusive glossary of security lingo is provided for your convenience. This list will undoubtedly be helpful when delving in to the realm of security. |
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| K: kb/s - Kilobits per second. Thousand bits per second. Also written as kbps. Kelvin - One of the basic physical units of measurement for temperature. The scale is the same as the Celsius, but the 0ºK starts from -273ºC. Also the unit of measurement of the temperature of light is expressed in Kelvin’s or K. In color recording, light temperature affects the color values of the lights and the scene that they illuminate. K factor - A specification rating method that gives a higher factor to video disturbances that cause the most observable picture degradation. KHz - Kilohertz. Thousand Hertz. Kilo baud - A unit of measurement of data transmission speed equaling 1000 baud. Kilobyte - 1024 bytes. |
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