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A panic alarm is an electronic device designed to assist in alerting somebody in emergency situations where a threat to persons or property exists. [1]

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Alarm monitoring center

An alarm monitoring center or central monitoring station (also known as "CMS") is a company that provides services to monitor burglar, fire and residential alarm systems.

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Boss key

A boss key, or boss button, is a special keyboard shortcut used in PC games or other programs to hide the program quickly, possibly displaying a special screen that appears to be a normal productivity program (such as a spreadsheet application).

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Bracelet

A bracelet is an article of jewellery that is worn around the wrist.

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Call centre

A call centre or call center is a centralised office used for receiving or transmitting a large volume of requests by telephone.

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Closed-circuit television

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.

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Don't panic

Don't panic may refer to.

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Duress code

A duress code is a covert distress signal used by an individual who is being coerced by one or more hostile persons.

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Emergency service

Emergency services and rescue services are organizations which ensure public safety and health by addressing different emergencies.

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Emergency telephone number

In many countries the public switched telephone network has a single emergency telephone number (sometimes known as the universal emergency telephone number or the emergency services number) that allows a caller to contact local emergency services for assistance.

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Kill switch

A kill switch, also known as an emergency stop (e-stop) and as an emergency power off (EPO), is a safety mechanism used to shut off machinery in an emergency, when it cannot be shut down in the usual manner.

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Medical alarm

A medical alarm is an alarm system designed to signal the presence of a hazard requiring urgent attention and to summon emergency medical personnel.

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MIDI

MIDI (short for Musical Instrument Digital Interface) is a technical standard that describes a communications protocol, digital interface, and electrical connectors that connect a wide variety of electronic musical instruments, computers, and related music and audio devices.

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Necklace

A necklace is an article of jewelry that is worn around the neck.

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Nuclear weapon

A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either fission (fission bomb) or from a combination of fission and fusion reactions (thermonuclear bomb).

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Panic

Panic is a sudden sensation of fear, which is so strong as to dominate or prevent reason and logical thinking, replacing it with overwhelming feelings of anxiety and frantic agitation consistent with an animalistic fight-or-flight reaction.

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Police

A police force is a constituted body of persons empowered by a state to enforce the law, to protect people and property, and to prevent crime and civil disorder.

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Redundancy (engineering)

In engineering, redundancy is the duplication of critical components or functions of a system with the intention of increasing reliability of the system, usually in the form of a backup or fail-safe, or to improve actual system performance, such as in the case of GNSS receivers, or multi-threaded computer processing.

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Scram

A scram or SCRAM is an emergency shutdown of a nuclear reactor.

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Security

Security is freedom from, or resilience against, potential harm (or other unwanted coercive change) from external forces.

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Security alarm

A security alarm is a system designed to detect intrusion – unauthorized entry – into a building or other area.

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UL (safety organization)

UL is a global safety consulting and certification company headquartered in Northbrook, Illinois.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panic_button

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