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AC adapter
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Også kjent som
strømforsyning. Alle CCTV produkter trenger strøm fra en strøm
kilde. Hvert produkt trenger forskjellig spenning og strøm styrke (12V
500mA er det vanligste.). Strømmen som kommer ut av Norske kontakter
er AC 220V adapteret omgjør dette til DC med ønsket strøm og spenning,
DC spenning har også + og - å forholde seg
til. Adapter følger som regel med produktet. |
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Alarm input
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En inngang for VCR eller DVR som starter
opptak/Recording ved aktivering. (Bevegelse, brytere, følere.) |
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Analog
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Det er 2 signal muligheter innen elektronikk, analog og digital.
- Ett analog signal er basert på spennings svingninger i signalet.
- Digitale av 0 og 1.
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Analog system
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Nesten alle kamera som blir brukt til CCTV er analoge kamera. Sikkerhets VCRs, switchers, multiplexere og
quad er også analoge produkter. Noen produkter som DVR opptakere og Multiplexere konventerer signalet fra analog til digital for komprimering, behandling og lagring |
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Angle of view
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For overvåkings kamera, betyr dette vinkelen kameraet filmer. |
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Aperture
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Dette angir opningen av lys som slipper forbi linsen.Størrelsen på "Aperture" er kontrollert av irisen justeringen. Ved å øke "f" stop nummeret
(f1.4, f1.8, f2.8, o.s.v.) dess mindre lys slipper inn i kameraet. |
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Armor dome camera
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Dette er kamera som er laget i slag fast materielle, og som tåler det meste av slag og hærverk. |
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Audio
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De fleste CCTV kamera har kun "video ut" (what
you can see) - noen kammera som er litt mer hobby modell kommer også med lyd (sound). Det er også mulig å koble til audio/microfon, pass på att opptaks kilden deres har minst 1 stk. lyd inngang.
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Auto electronic shutter
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Funksjonen som gjør det mulig for kameraet å justere seg inn etter små lys forandringer i innendørs omgivelser, uten bruk av auto iris linse. |
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Auto iris control
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En linse som justerer seg automatisk etter lys forholdene, den lukker og opner "aperture" opningen inn til bilde sensoren automatisk ved hjelp av DC/Video drive linse. |
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Auto gain control
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En elektronisk krets som justerer seg automatisk etter signal styrke.
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Auto white balance
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En funksjon på farge kamera som automatisk justerer lys og farge på hvite områder i bildet. |
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Back light compensation
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En funksjon som automatisk justerer sterkt baklys for å få frem detaljer i bildet, som ellers ville sett helt hvit ut. |
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Bullet camera
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Et kamera som er kule formet og kan brukes inne og ute, også perfekte til extreme sport. Kan også fåes med IR lys for bruk i mørke forhold. |
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C-mount camera
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C-Mount kamera er en type kamera som har utskiftbare linser. Linsene kan skiftest ut etter behov. |
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Cable
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The wiring used to connect electronic
devices. Cables tranmit different kinds of signals such as video,
power, data, and audio signals. Refer to
plug and play cable and
RG59 siamese cable for more information. |
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CCD
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Står for "charge-coupled device". Først oppfunnet i 1970 årene, brukes i kamera, digital kamera, osv. CCD bilde sensor er mer lysfølsom og gir betre bilder en CMOS sensor som er et billigere alternativ |
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CCTV
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Står for "Closed-circuit television".
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Compression
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Refers to taking an incoming signal or
image, which can be analog or digital, and compressing the data so it
can be stored or transmitted faster and using less resources. There
are many different algorithms and techniques that are used to compress
data. |
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Covert
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A covert application refers to a situation
where you dont want the person to know that they are being watched or
recorded. Also known as "hidden" cameras. |
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Day / night camera
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"Day/Night Cameras" are regular cameras
with an especially sensitive CCD chip that allows a good image to be
captured in very low ambient lighting (regular lighting - not infrared).
Do not confuse these cameras with "Night Vision" cameras which is
another name for infrared cameras. |
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Digital
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There are two main ways of doing things
electronically, analog or digital. The digital
method is to consider a circuit either on or off. A digital voltage or
signal refers to the discrete nature of digital voltage potentials in
digital circuits. TTL (Bipolar Transistor-Transistor Logic) defines
0.0 Volts as a logic 0 or low, and 5.0 Volts as a logic 1 or high;
These are single values for clarity - there are actually ranges of
voltage potentials around 0.0V and 5.0V which are recognized as low
and high logic levels, respectively. |
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Digital system
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CCTV systems are just lately coming into
the digital age. Most security cameras are still analog. There are
some digital cameras available but they are extremely expensive. Where
digital technology is really making ground in CCTV is with
digital video recorders (or DVRs).
Any CCTV system that includes a DVR is considered a digital system. |
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Digital video recorder (dvr)
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A digital video recorder is basically a
computer that converts the incoming (analog) signal from the cameras
to digital, and compresses it, and stores it. The DVR replaces the
function of a multiplexor (or quad or switcher) and a security VCR.
There are many advantages of digital video recorders over their analog
counterparts. |
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Dome camera
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A type of camera with a dome like shape.
Usually used inside only. Some come with infrared
lighting and some are designed to be tamper-proof. |
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Duplex
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A duplex device can transmit data into and
out of the electronic device at the same time. For example, a full
duplex digital video recorder can continue capturing and recording
images even while a different image is being displayed. |
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Frames per second (fps)
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In digital video applications, refers to
the number of video images that can be captured, displayed, or
recorded in a second. Also referred to as the "frame rate" or "refresh
rate". |
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Housing
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Special covering or container to protect a
camera from extreme temperatures or weather conditions. |
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Infrared
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The region of the electromagnetic spectrum
bounded by the long-wavelength extreme of the visible spectrum (approximately
0.7 m) and the shortest microwaves (approximately 0.1 mm). |
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Infrared camera
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Infrared cameras (aka night vision cameras)
have special infrared lights installed around the perimeter of the
camera lens. This provides special light that the camera uses to
capture a good picture even in total darkness. |
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Iris
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The iris (on some lenses) controls how
much light is let into the camera lens. |
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jpeg (or jpg)
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Pronounced "jay-peg" and stands for "Joint
Photographic Experts Group" who designed the standard. This is a
standard way of compressing images which works particularily well for
photographic images (as opposed to graphic art). |
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Lens
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The lens of the camera determines the
angle of view and the focus of the captured image. There are many
different lens options. |
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Low light
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Refers to very dim lighting, even "normal"
darkness. Complete darkness is 0 lux.
Infrared cameras work well in very low light
conditions. |
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Lux
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Refers to the amount of light required for
a camera to capture a good image. Infrared
cameras have very low lux. |
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Micro camera
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Very small cameras designed to work in
covert applications where you dont want people to know that the
camera is there. Also called "hidden cameras". |
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Monitor
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Security monitors are used to display the
images from your cameras (or captured on your recording device). There
are two basic kinds used today in CCTV applications. Analog or
composite video monitors are used to display images in analog systems.
They are just like a TV screen without the TV receiver. These are the
monitors we have for sale on our site. Digital or VGA monitors (just
like on your computer) are used with digital devices like the Digital
Video Recorders. We dont include the monitor with our digital video
recorders because you can pick one up more affordably at your local
computer store (and not have to pay the shipping cost for such a heavy
item). |
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Motion detection
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Refers to the feature in some VCRs and
DVRs to only record video if something in the image moves or changes.
Therefore you dont have to look through hours of taped video looking
for something to happen. It also saves a lot of space on the tape or
hard drive. |
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Mounting bracket
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Various different kinds of mounting
brackets are used to install cameras to the wall or ceiling. |
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mpeg (or mpg)
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Pronounced "em-peg" and stands for "Motion
Picture Experts Group" who designed the standard. This is a standard
way of compressing audio and video files. (Its also the technology
behind the now world-famous MP3 music files.) |
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Multiplexor
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A device that can accept a number of
camera inputs and almost simultaneously display them on a single
monitor and/or record them. Multixplexers can
also be used to transmit multiple cameras over the same transmission
medium. |
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Outdoor camera
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Outdoor cameras come in special
weatherproof housings that allow them to
stand up well in tough weather and temperature conditions. |
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Pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) cameras
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PTZ cameras allow you to adjust the
position ("pan" is side-to-side, "tilt" is up-and-down) and focus
("zoom") of the camera using a remote controller. Due to this added
functionality, these cameras tend to cost much more than non-PTZ
cameras |
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Pin-hole camera
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Pin-hole cameras have a very small lens
that can see through a small hole. These types of cameras are used in
covert applications. A disadvantage of pin-hole cameras is that they
require more lighting than normal cameras to capture a good clear
picture. |
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Plug and play cable
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A cable that makes wiring cameras easy.
Each camera needs to have a power wire and video wire (and sometimes
an audio wire too), plus the connectors at the end of the wire to plug
it in. The plug and play cables have all three wires built into one
cable with the connectors already attached. The only disadvantage of
plug and play cable is that the signal tends to degrade if run
distances. For DVRs - plug and play cables can be run reliably up to
100 ft. For analog systems - plug and play cable can be run up to 400
ft. If you need to run longer distances then you need to use the
RG59 siamese cable. |
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Power supply
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Also called an AC adaptor. All cctv
devices needs power of some sort. Each device has its own power
requirements (usually 12 volts with a minimum amperage). The power
coming out of the wall (in the US) is 110 to 120 AC. The power supply
converts the AC power to DC power and will adjust it to a specified
amperage. The power supply should be included with each item - you
dont have to buy these separately. |
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Quad
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An analog device
used to display 4 cameras simultaneously on a single
monitor. |
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RG59 siamese cable
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This type of cable combines the power wire
with the video wire. You have to add your own connectors to each end
of the cable. Use this type of cable when you need to run distances
longer than 100 ft with a digital system, or more than 400 ft. with an
analog system (see the plug and play
cable above). The RG59 siamese cable can be run reliably up to
1000 ft. |
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real-time recording
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In digital
video applications, 25 frames per
second per camera (see above) looks just like real-time. There is
no hesitation or jerkiness in the video. |
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remote surveillance
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The ability to view your cameras from a
remote location. Information is transmitted via phone line or internet. |
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Resolution
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Refers to how much detail can be captured
on a camera or displayed on a monitor. Cameras typically capture about
380 horizontal lines of resolution. High resolution cameras may
capture 450 lines of resolution or more. The higher the resolution,
the more detail that can be captured in a picture. The monitors and
recording devices can generally handle at least as much resolution as
the cameras can capture. |
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Smart Search
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This is a feature of our
digital video recorders that
allows you to search for changes in a particular area of an image over
time. For example, if a wallet was stolen off of a table, you could go
to a point on the video where the wallet is there, draw a virtual box
around that area, then search the video recording for changes to that
particular area. This would allow you to locate the exact point on the
video where the wallet was removed. |
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s/n ration
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signal to noise ratio; this number
represents how much signal noise the camera can tolerate and still
provide a good picture. The higher the number the better. |
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Switch
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A switch will take multiple camera inputs
and will show them on the monitor one at a time. Unlike a
quad it will not display them all at once, instead
it sequences through them showing one camera at a time. It will also
allow you to select a particular camera to view. |
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Time-lapse VCR
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A VCR that can be set to slow down its
recording rate in order to extend the length of time that can be
recorded on a standard tape up to as much as 960 hours. This is
possible by recording one frame at time at set time intervals. Most
units have an alarm input signal so it can be automatically switched
to real time mode in case of an alarm. |
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Transformer
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A device used to transfer electric energy
from one circuit to another, especially a pair of multiply wound,
inductively coupled wire coils that effect such a transfer with a
change in voltage, current, phase, or other electric characteristic. |
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Varifocal lens
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A camera lens in which the focus is not
fixed, it can be manually or automatically adjusted. |
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VCR
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Videocassette recorder; an electronic
device for recording and playing back video images and sound on a
videocassette. |
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Video capture card
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Computer cards that you can install on the
motherboard of your own computer to create your own video recording
computer. Due to compatibility issues with this type of device, we do
not sell these separately. |
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Video gain
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An increase in video signal power by an
amplifier, expressed as the ratio of output to input. Also called
amplification. |
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Video input
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A connection in a video controller or
recording device that you can plug a camera into. The more video
inputs (also called camera inputs) available on a device the more
cameras you can connect to it. |
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Watch dog timer circuit
protection
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If problems are detected in the DVR
computer the system will automatically reboot to correct the problem. |
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waterproof
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A device that can be immersed in water and
still function properly. |
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weatherproof
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A device that is weatherproof can be
installed outside and stand up to harsh weather conditions and
temperatures. However, it does not mean that it is
waterproof. |
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wireless camera
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Wireless cameras allow the transmission of
video and audio data to be transmitted to the receiver without having
to run wires (using radiowaves). |
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