Some alarm systems are tied to video surveillance systems so that current video of the intrusion area can be instantly displayed on a remote monitor, not to mention recorded. Some alarm systems use real-time audio and video monitoring technology to verify the legitimacy of an alarm.
Pipe(noun) any long tube or hollow body of wood, metal, earthenware, or the like: especially, one used as a conductor of water, steam, gas, etc. Pipe(noun) a small bowl with a hollow steam, -- used in smoking tobacco, and, sometimes, other substances.
A stream in USB 3.0 is an abstraction representing a subdivision of a pipe.. A pipe, in turn, is an abstraction denoting a communication pathway between the host and a particular endpoint in a device. The pipe abstraction is used in USB 2.0 as well as USB 3.0, but streams are new in USB 3.0.