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Home automation or domotics is building automation for a home, called a smart home or smart house.

A home automation system will control lighting, climate, entertainment systems, and appliances.

It may also include home security such as access control and alarm systems.

When connected with the Internet, home devices are an important constituent of the Internet of Things.

Closed-circuit television (CCTV), also known as video surveillance, is the use of video cameras to transmit a signal to a specific place, on a limited set of monitors.

It differs from broadcast television in that the signal is not openly transmitted, though it may employ point to point (P2P), point to multipoint (P2MP), or mesh wired or wireless links.

Though almost all video cameras fit this definition, the term is most often applied to those used for surveillance in areas that may need monitoring such as banks, stores, and other areas where security is needed.

Though Videotelephony is seldom called "CCTV" one exception is the use of video in distance education, where it is an important tool.

A fire alarm system has a number of devices working together to detect and warn people through visual and audio appliances when smoke, fire, carbon monoxide or other emergencies are present.

These alarms may be activated automatically from smoke detectors, and heat detectors or may also be activated via manual fire alarm activation devices such as manual call points or pull stations.

Alarms can be either motorized bells or wall mountable sounders or horns.

They can also be speaker strobes which sound an alarm, followed by a voice evacuation message which warns people inside the building not to use the elevators.

Fire alarm sounders can be set to certain frequencies and different tones including low, medium and high, depending on the country and manufacturer of the device.

Most fire alarm systems in Europe sound like a siren with alternating frequencies.

Fire alarm electronic devices are known as horns in the United States and Canada can be either continuous or set to different codes such as Code 3.

Fire alarm warning devices can also be set to different volume levels.

Fire Alarm systems in the United Kingdom are tested at a weekly basis in compliance with the BS-fire 2013 regulations.

A fire extinguisher is an active fire protection device used to extinguish or control small fires, often in emergency situations.

It is not intended for use on an out-of-control fire, such as one which has reached the ceiling, endangers the user (i.e., no escape route, smoke, explosion hazard, etc), or otherwise requires the expertise of a fire brigade.

Typically, a fire extinguisher consists of a hand-held cylindrical pressure vessel containing an which can be discharged to extinguish a fire.

Fire extinguishers manufactured with non-cylindrical pressure vessels also exist, but are less common.

Biometrics is the technical term for body measurements and calculations.

It refers to metrics related to human characteristics.

Biometrics authentication (or realistic authentication) is used in computer science as a form of identification and access control.

It is also used to identify individuals in groups that are under surveillance.