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Loading dock monitoring refers to overseeing activities at loading docks to ensure efficiency, safety, and security during the loading and unloading of goods.

Loitering Detection in Video Analytics is a function that processes a video stream to detect if an object remains in an area longer than a certain threshold.

Lost Luggage Detection, also referred to as abandoned luggage detection or left luggage detection is a video analytics function that detects luggage without an owner in a video or video stream.

The Marketing Efficiency Ratio (MER) is a metric which measures how efficient a company’s marketing campaigns are at driving sales. MER is calculated by dividing the total sales revenue by the total marketing spend.

Motion-JPEG (MJPEG) is a video compression standard in which each frame of a video stream is compressed as JPEG image.

A Mobile Network Video Recorder (MNVR) is a specialized device designed to record and manage video footage captured from surveillance cameras installed in mobile environments such as buses, trains, police vehicles, or other forms of transportation.

Megapixel (MP) is one million pixel. MP is the common unit to specify image or camera resolution.

MQTT is a publish/subscribe, extremely simple and lightweight messaging protocol, designed for constrained devices and low-bandwidth, high-latency or unreliable networks.

Mean Time To Detect (MTTD) is a metric that measures the average time it takes to detect an incident or problem from the moment it occurs until it is identified or reported. MTTD = Total elapsed time from incident occurrence to detection / #incidents

Mean Time To Respond (MTTR) is a metric that measures the average time it takes to respond to an incident or problem after it has been reported or detected. The formula is: MTTR = Total elapsed time for incident resolution / Number of incidents

Minimum Turn-round Time (MTTT) is the minimum turn-round time agreed with an AO/GH for a specified flight or aircraft type.

Machine Vision is a technology that enables machines to interpret and process visual information from the environment in a way similar to how humans use their eyesight.

Mask Detection is a video analytics function which allows to determine if someone wears a face mask.

Micromobility refers to a mode of transportation that involves small, lightweight vehicles designed for short-distance travel within urban or suburban areas. These vehicles are powered by electric motors and are intended for individual or shared use.

Modal split also referred to as modal share, refers to the distribution of travel demand across different modes of transportation, such as walking, cycling, public transit, or driving.

Multicast Video Streaming is a technology to stream a video from one camera to many clients over an IP network via User Datagram Protocol (UDP).

Multichannel marketing involves the use of multiple channels to interact with customers, including physical stores, websites, mobile apps, social media platforms, email marketing, and more.

NMEA is an acronym for National Marine Electronics Association. The NMEA protocol is a standard data format for marine electronic systems. The NMEA protocol version NMEA 0183 is highly supported by GPS systems also outside of the marine industry.

The Network Time Protocol (NTP) is a network protocol for clock synchronization between computer systems.‍

A Network Video Recorder (NVR) is a specialized device used in video surveillance systems to capture, store, and manage video footage from IP cameras. Unlike traditional DVRs that work with analog cameras, NVRs are designed for network-based cameras.

Natural language processing (NLP) is a branch of AI that enables computers to understand and generate human language.

A nuisance alarm generally refers to situations where an alarm is triggered by a non-threatening, but potentially annoying or disruptive event.

A number plate scanner is a device that uses optical character recognition (OCR) to read and recognize vehicle registration plates.

Off-Block Time (OBT) is the time that an aircraft departs from the parking position.

An Onboard Unit (OBU) is a device installed within a vehicle as part of an Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) to enable communication between the vehicle and the transportation infrastructure.