C•CURE 800/8000 Monitoring Station Guide - Tyco Security Products

GlossaryASCIIAcronym for American Standard Code for Information Interchange. A codingscheme using seven or eight bits, assigning numeric values to up to 256characters, including letters, numerals, punctuation marks, controlcharacters, and other symbols. ASCII was developed in 1968 to standardizedata transmission among disparate hardware and software systems and isbuilt into most minicomputers and all PCs. ASCII is divided into two sets: 128characters (standard ASCII) and an additional 128 (extended ASCII).asset trackingA system that is configured to detect and log asset movement. In such aconfiguration, access control and asset tracking are not linked: assetmovement is only logged and plays no part in the access decision at a door.audit logThe portion of the journal database containing records of configuration datathat has been changed. See also historical journal.audit trailThe feature that tracks configuration changes, such as additions,modifications, and deletions, made to security objects and personnel recordsin the C•CURE 800/8000 configuration database.automatedpersonnel importThe process of importing personnel information from an external ODBCdatabase rather than from flat files. The process executes periodically inbackground mode and can also be triggered by executing a DLL that can bepurchased as part of the C•CURE 800/8000 Real-time ApplicationProgramming Interface (API). See also ODBC (open database connectivity) andDLL (dynamic link library).backboneIn a hierarchical network, the backbone is the top level, employing highspeeddata transmission and serving as a major access point; smallernetworks connect to the backbone.backupSee non-volatile backup memory.badge designmoduleThe Badge Design module is a feature that allows C•CURE 800/8000 todefine and save badge layouts, including images, text, and barcodes, whichcan be sized and placed according to need.badgingThe C•CURE 800/8000 ID option lets you create and print badges.Glossary–6C•CURE 800/8000 Monitoring Station User Guide