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Glossary#

Term Description
Docker An open platform for developing, shipping, and running applications. Docker provides the ability to package and run an application in a loosely isolated environment called a container
Docker Compose A tool for defining and running multi-container Docker applications
Liveness A software method to confirm the vitality of a person by one or several images in order to prevent spoofing attacks
LUNA ACE Biometric terminal VisionLabs LUNA ACE. For more details, see the device documentation.
LUNA PLATFORM VisionLabs automated facial recognition system designed to process, collect, analyze, store, and compare biometric data obtained from facial images. For more details, see the system documentation.
LUNA CARS A system designed for detection, tracking, recognition of vehicle, and license plates attributes. For more details, see the system documentation
Database An organized collection of data stored and accessed electronically. Databases are structured to facilitate the storage, retrieval, modification, and deletion of data in conjunction with various data-processing operations. A database management system extracts information from the database in response to queries
Identification Search for the most suitable biometric template by comparing the vectors of face features with a list of similar biometric templates in the database (one to many)
Softwear A program or set of programs used to control a computer
Physical access control system (PACS) A set of hardware and software tools aimed at controlling the entrance and exit in order to ensure safety and regulate visits to a particular facility
Face recognition system (FRS) In the context of the document, VisionLabs products. For example, VisionLabs Access Control Server
Event An immutable object that contains information about one person. The event is generated using an external system
Commercial Biometric System(CBS) An organization accredited by the Ministry of Digital Resources of the Russian Federation to work with biometrics in accordance with Federal Law 572, PP RF № 810, as a result of which it has the right to store Vectors and perform authentication by biometrics using them, as well as to provide authentication services to third parties (organizations)
Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) Web protocol for ensuring interaction between services, implemented in WSDL.
Universally unique identifier (UUID) The name of objects (lists, events, cameras, etc.) that systems generate independently as a unique name.
Web Services Description Language (WSDL) an XML-based interface description language that is used for describing the functionality offered by a web service