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CCTV Glossary
The following is a list of commonly used terms related to CCTV, with a brief description of the meanings. These terms are not specific to Bolide Technology Group, they are general terms used throughout the CCTV industry. If you don't find the term you are looking for, or you find any error, please contact us.
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Matrix Switcher
This is a device that allows any of its camera inputs to be switched to one or more of its monitor outputs. The outputs can of course also be video recorders.

Monitor
The device used to view video pictures. These devices do not normally have television RF frequency receivers. They normally have composite, or component video inputs.

Monochrome
This refers to a black and white image rather than a colour one.

MPEG
MPEG is a standard used for coding and compression of moving images. It was developed by the Moving Pictures Experts Group. It is now used widely for the compression of video images. However MPEG isn't just one standard. They have developed several standards for different uses. For example MPEG-2 is used for DVD's and set top boxes. MPEG-4 was developed for multi-media applications for fixed and mobile web applications.

Multiplexer
This is a device that takes inputs from 2 or more video channels and combines them into one signal. This is often done by using time division multiplexing, which interleaves frames from each channel in such a way that they can be split out again. Frequency division multiplexing uses different frequencies to achieve the separation of the signals.