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Alarm Clocks

Alarm clocks are designed to start making noise at a specific time. The design will commonly incorporate bleeping or blaring sounds. Other popular styles will start up music from a CD or from the radio. It is also possible to purchase clocks that will begin playing a recorded message.

This is commonly done to wake people who are sleeping. However, alarm clocks may be utilized for many other purposes. For instance, they may be utilized as reminders for such matters as medicine-taking, food preparation, or even hair-dyeing.

Alarm clocks traditionally utilized a ringing bell design. Modern designs are much more varied. In fact, some make use of a progressive alarm design. This means that different sounds will occur with different alarm times or types.

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