Vault - Safe

Japanese: 金庫室 - きんこしつ
Vault - Safe

...Various mechanisms are used to protect against theft and fire. Bank vaults are a typical example, with extremely large doors that open and close, but in recent years, the importance of storing information sources such as documents and magnetic tapes has increased, and safe structures have become more diverse. Single box-shaped safes are subject to fire resistance tests according to JIS standards, and the industry conducts tests to test theft prevention performance, such as melting tests using a gas burner, perforation tests using a drill, and impact tests using a steel ball dropped on them.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "vault" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…盗難や火災から守るため,各種の仕掛けが施されている。銀行の金庫室はその代表的なもので,きわめて大がかりな扉を開閉するようになっているが,近年は書類や磁気テープなどの情報源の保管の重要性が増し,金庫の構造も多様化している。単独の箱型の金庫にはJIS規格による耐火性能試験があり,防盗性能については,ガスバーナーによる溶断試験,ドリルによる穿孔試験,鋼球落下による衝撃試験などを業界で実施している。…

※「金庫室」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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