Quadrox QGuard User Manual - Manual (Page 166)

QGuard User Manual 166
Version 4.9 Series
Glossary
The terms in this glossary cover topics related to the QGuard User’s Manual.
A
Activation code – special collection of characters supplied with the software, used for
the software registering.
ActiveX – is a set of technologies from Microsoft providing tools for linking desktop
application to the World Wide Web. Also they are used in the interface and
creating other software components.
Activity detection – is a function that enables recording only when movement occurs.
Application – a group of programs that together are used for a specific task such as
accounting, financial planning, word processing, games etc.
B
Backup – a copy of a program or data from a computer onto a data-storage medium,
usually one that may be removed to safe storage at a distance from the
computer; it is used to preserve data for use in the contingency that the original
data on the computer may be lost or become unusable.
Browser – is a computer program used for accessing sites or information on a network
(as the World Wide Web).
Byte – is the representation of a single character. A sequence of eight bits treated as a
single unit, also the smallest addressable unit within the system.
C
Camera Wizard – is a function for facilitation of the camera setting and editing.
Capturing – this option means image recording in a computer-readable form.
Check box – is an interface element that provides parameter or other data selection.
When the user clicks a check box to select an option, a V appears in the box.
COM1, COM2 – the names assigned to the serial and communication ports.
Control panel – a collection of the functional buttons. Usually it is arranged at the
bottom of the window.
CPU – is an abbreviation for Central Processing Unit. This is the portion of the
computer that interprets and executes instructions.