Security System Categories
Acronyms & Abbreviations
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Safety & Security
100
Examples of this brilliant type of security system are often placed at building entryways and in parking lots.
What is illumination?
100
CCTV: A security system that transmits a signal to a specific, limited set of monitors.
What is Closed-Circuit Television?
100
The important but imperfect process of collecting, disassembling, and recovering valuable materials from discarded electronic devices.
What is Electronics Recycling?
100
This vertical or horizontal route can run above a ceiling, below access floors, or within modular furniture.
What is a Cable Pathway?
100
Commonly used in airport security, these devices generate a pulse of energy that creates a magnetic field, setting off an audio and visual alarm alerting personnel to check for guns and other unauthorized objects.
What is a metal detector?
200
Examples of this type of security system include fences, man-made berms, and moats.
What are barriers?
200
OSP: All of the equipment, cables, and infrastructure that are located outside of a building.
What is Outside Plant?
200
A growing global issue because it often contains toxic materials, this term encompasses discarded electronic appliances such as phones, computers, and televisions.
What is E-waste?
200
Before specifying an electrically-locked door, a designer should be aware of the IBC's codes regarding this action?
What is Egress?
200
These may be wired only to doors and sound an alarm when a person enters the space or may be hardwired to a security company that is alerted in the event of a fire, unauthorized entry, and other situations.
What is a burglar alarm?
300
Examples of this type of security system include motion sensors, audible alarms, and yappy dogs.
What is Intrusion Detection?
300
ISP: An umbrella term that encompasses systems and devices including computers, the internet, wireless networks, cell phones, and the applications that run on them.
What is Information and Communications Technology?
300
Widely used in electrical wiring due to its high conductivity, this metal requires an environmentally destructive extraction process.
What is copper?
300
Methods of getting power/data into furniture panels include floor cores, wall junction boxes, and these vertical, floor-to-ceiling columns used in commercial buildings.
What are Power Poles?
300
Commonly found in prisons, schools, and malls, these systems are used when it is desirable to close off a specific area in the event of an emergency or after hours of operation
What is a lockdown system?
400
Examples of this type of security system include cameras and site monitoring.
What is Video Surveillance?
400
WAP: A networking hardware device that allows for WiFi devices to connect to a wired network.
What is Wireless Access Point?
400
Physical facilities that house large amount of IT infrastructure, these spaces have been criticized for their high energy consumption, water usage, and greenhouse gas emissions.
What are data centers?
400
AC needs, door sizing, fire rating, and floor material are some of the considerations designers must take into account when designing one of these equipment and infrastructure hubs?
What is a Telecommunication Room?
400
Smoke detectors and carbon dioxide monitors fall into this category of systems that protect a building and its occupants from environmental hazards such as fires, flooding, gas leaks, or poor air quality.
What is Environmental Security?
500
Examples of this type of security system include doors, gates, and turnstiles.
What is Access Control?
500
WiFi: A facility allowing computers, smartphones, or other devices to connect to the internet or communicate with one another without cables.
What is Wireless Fidelity?
500
This green building certification awards points in categories including Energy & Atmosphere, Materials & Resources, and Water Efficiency.
What is Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)?
500
Examples of this type of flooring include specially manufactured vinyl tiles, rubber, and epoxy coatings designed for environments with sensitive electronics or flammable materials.
What is Static Dissipative?
500
Practices and technologies that safeguard network infrastructure, data integrity, and confidentiality against unauthorized access, hacking, malware, and other attacks fall into this category.
What is Cyber Security?