Some alarm systems serve a single purpose of burglary protection; combination systems provide both fire and intrusion protection. Intrusion alarm systems may also be combined with closed-circuit television surveillance (CCTV) systems to automatically record the activities of intruders, and may interface to access control systems for electrically locked doors.
Incipit - Modern uses of incipits. 1  The idea of choosing a few words or a phrase or two, which would be placed on the spine of a book and its cover, developed slowly with the birth of printing, and the idea of a title page with a short title and subtitle came centuries later, replacing earlier, more verbose titles.
Beginning to exist or appear: detecting incipient tumors; an incipient personnel problem. [Latin incipiÄns, incipient-, present participle of incipere, to begin; see inception.] inÂ·cipâ²iÂ·enÂ·cy, inÂ·cipâ²iÂ·ence n.