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Burglar (or intrusion), fire and safety alarms are found
in electronic form today. A system of sensors is connected
to a control unit, which in turn connects to a means for announcing
the alarm, hopefully to elicit some response. Some systems
are dedicated to one mission, others handle fire, intrusion,
and safety alarms simultaneously. Sophistication ranges from
small, self-contained noisemakers, to complicated, multi-zoned
digital systems with color-coded computer monitor outputs.
Many of these concepts also apply to portable alarms for protecting
cars, trucks or other vehicles and their contents (i.e., "car
alarms"). See also fire alarm control panel for specific
fire system issues. Burglar alarms are sometimes referred
to as alarm systems, see burglar alarm control panel for a
discussion of hard-wired burglar alarm system design.
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