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 ZoneMinder - A Linux based camera monitoring and analysis tool.
 
 This project was imagined and created by Philip Coombes in
-September 2002, shortly after being buglarised of his power tools.
+September 2002, shortly after being burglarised of his power tools.
 
 mailto:philip.coombes@zoneminder.com