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LOCKS AND LOCKSMITH GLOSSARY |
Valet Key
(n.) An automotive key that operates all locks except storage compartments, on a vehicle where there is also a master key to operate all locks.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training (LIST) Council
VATS
(abb.) Vehicle Anti-Theft System
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training (LIST) Council
VATS Interrogator
(n.) A device which determines the resistor value required to complete the ignition circuit. It also reads the value of the resistor in a VATS key.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training (LIST) Council
Vault
(n.) A secure room in which objects of value are stored.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training (LIST) Council
VD
(abb.) Vertical down
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training (LIST) Council
Vehicle Anti-Theft System
(n.) An electronic system in some General Motors vehicles which uses a resistor pellet of varying value imbedded in a mechanical ignition key.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training (LIST) Council
Vertical Down
(adj.) Of or pertaining to a mounting orientation of a safe or vault lock such that the bolt projects downward.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training (LIST) Council
Vertical Group Master Key
(n.) The two-pin master key for all combinations listed in all blocks in a line down a page in the standard progression format.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training (LIST) Council
Vertical Rod Exit Device
(n.) An exit device with bolts typically at the top and bottom of a door connected to a central mechanism by rods.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training (LIST) Council
Vertical Up
(adj.) Of or pertaining to a mounting orientation of a safe or vault lock such that the bolt projects upward.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training (LIST) Council
VGM
(abb.) Vertical Group Master Key.
Virtual Keyway
(n.) A secondary locking mechanism combination used as a method of discriminating between suppliers for key control.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training (LIST) Council
Vise Arm
(n.) The movable jaw of a key machine vise.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training (LIST) Council
Vise Nut
(n.) A nut, with an external design to facilitate use without tools, that works in conjunction with the vise stud to tighten the vise on a key machine.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training (LIST) Council
Vise Stud
(n.) A threaded post mounted to the carriage of a key machine to provide a means of tightening the vise.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training (LIST) Council
Visual Key Control
(n.) A specification that all keys and the visible portion of the front of all lock cylinders be stamped with standard keying symbols.
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training (LIST) Council
VKC
(abb.) Visual Key Control
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training (LIST) Council
VU
(abb.) Vertical Up
Source: Lock Industry Standards and Training (LIST) Council
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