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- 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
- VATS
- abb. Vehicle Anti-Theft System
- 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.
- vault
- n. a secure room in which objects of value are stored
- VD
- abb. vertical down
- 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
- vertical down
- adj. of or pertaining to a mounting orientation of a safe or vault lock such that the bolt projects downward
- 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
- 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
- vertical up
- adj. of or pertaining to a mounting orientation of a safe or vault lock such that the bolt projects upward
- 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
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- vise arm
- n. the movable jaw of a key machine vise
- 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
- vise stud
- n. a threaded post mounted to the carriage of a key machine to provide a means of tightening the vise
- 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
- VKC
- abb. visual key control
- VU
- abb. vertical up
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