LOCKSMITH DICTIONARY
- V -
- 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
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- VATS
- abb. Vehicle
Anti-Theft System
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- 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.
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- vault
- n. a secure
room in which objects of value are stored
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- VD
- abb. vertical down
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- 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
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- vertical down
- adj. of or
pertaining to a mounting orientation of a safe or vault
lock such that the bolt projects downward
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- 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
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- 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
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- vertical up
- adj. of or pertaining to a mounting
orientation of a safe or vault lock such that the bolt
projects upward
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- VGM
- abb. vertical group
master key
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- virtual keyway
n. a secondary locking mechanism combination used as a method of discriminating between suppliers for key control
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- vise arm
- n. the movable jaw of a key machine vise
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- 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
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- vise
stud
- n. a threaded post
mounted to the carriage of a key machine to provide a
means of tightening the vise
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- 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
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- VKC
- abb. visual key
control
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- VU
- abb. vertical up
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