(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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