Monitor
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Computers
- Computer monitor, a screen that displays output from a computer.
- Monitor (synchronization)Monitor (synchronization)In concurrent programming, a monitor is an object or module intended to be used safely by more than one thread. The defining characteristic of a monitor is that its methods are executed with mutual exclusion. That is, at each point in time, at most one thread may be executing any of its methods...
, an approach to synchronize two or more computer tasks that use a shared resource - Machine code monitorMachine code monitorA machine code monitor is software built into or separately available for various computers, allowing the user to enter commands to view and change memory locations on the machine, with options to load and save memory contents from/to secondary storage.Machine code monitors became something of a...
, programming allowing users to view or change memory locations on a computer - Virtual Machine MonitorHypervisorIn computing, a hypervisor, also called virtual machine manager , is one of many hardware virtualization techniques that allow multiple operating systems, termed guests, to run concurrently on a host computer. It is so named because it is conceptually one level higher than a supervisory program...
, software which virtualizes a computer hardware platform, allowing multiple system images to run simultaneously. - a computer displayComputer displayA monitor or display is an electronic visual display for computers. The monitor comprises the display device, circuitry, and an enclosure...
- a small interactive bootstrap programBoot monitorA boot monitor is a small interactive computer program that allows a computer operator to load an operating system. Such programs are stored in read-only memory or in a known location on disk...
or machine code debuggerMachine code monitorA machine code monitor is software built into or separately available for various computers, allowing the user to enter commands to view and change memory locations on the machine, with options to load and save memory contents from/to secondary storage.Machine code monitors became something of a... - a mechanism used to synchronizeMonitor (synchronization)In concurrent programming, a monitor is an object or module intended to be used safely by more than one thread. The defining characteristic of a monitor is that its methods are executed with mutual exclusion. That is, at each point in time, at most one thread may be executing any of its methods...
concurrent processes - an early synonym for an operating systemOperating systemAn operating system is a set of programs that manage computer hardware resources and provide common services for application software. The operating system is the most important type of system software in a computer system...
- an execution profiler
Medical applications
- Heart monitor, an electronic device that measures the heart rate
- Oxygen monitorPulse oximeterA pulse oximeter is a medical device that indirectly monitors the oxygen saturation of a patient's blood and changes in blood volume in the skin, producing a photoplethysmograph. It is often attached to a medical monitor so staff can see a patient's oxygenation at all times...
, an electronic device that measures the amount of oxygen in the blood - Medical monitorMedical monitorA medical monitor or physiological monitor or display, is an electronic medical device used in medical monitoring that displays the monitored data, and may or may not have the ability to transmit the data on a monitoring network...
, automated medical device that senses and displays a patient's vital signs
Place names
- Monitor, IndianaMonitor, IndianaMonitor is a small town in Perry Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, now virtually extinct.The town's original name was Cynthyana.The former Monitor schoolhouse was used as a drug addiction treatment facility until 2007...
, town in the United States - Monitor, OregonMonitor, OregonMonitor, Oregon is an unincorporated community in Marion County, Oregon, United States. It is located approximately three miles northeast of the city of Mt. Angel, on Butte Creek in the Willamette Valley...
, unincorporated community in the United States - Loope, CaliforniaLoope, CaliforniaLoope is an unincorporated community in Alpine County, California. It is located on Monitor Creek, at an elevation of 6188 feet .A post office operated at Monitor from 1863 to 1888...
, formerly Monitor
Media
- Monitor (TV series)Monitor (TV series)Monitor was a BBC arts programme that was launched on 1 September 1958 and ran until 1965.Huw Wheldon was the first editor from 1958 to 1964. He was also the principal interviewer and anchor...
, a BBC arts programme which aired from 1958 to 1965 - Monitor (NBC Radio)Monitor (NBC Radio)NBC Monitor was an American weekend radio program broadcast from June 12, 1955, until January 26, 1975. Airing live and nationwide on the NBC Radio Network, it originally aired beginning Saturday morning at 8am and continuing through the weekend until 12 midnight on Sunday...
, an NBC Radio program which aired from 1955 to 1975 - Monitor (Polish newspaper)Monitor (Polish newspaper)The Monitor was the first newspaper in Poland, printed from 1765 to 1785, during the Polish Enlightenment. It was founded in March 1765 by Ignacy Krasicki and Franciszek Bohomolec, with active support from King Stanisław August Poniatowski. It came out weekly, later semi-weekly...
, an 18th-century Polish newspaper - Monitor (magazine), a weekly newsmagazine published in Podgorica, Montenegro
- Concord MonitorConcord MonitorThe Concord Monitor is the daily newspaper for Concord, the state capital of New Hampshire. It also covers substantial portions of surrounding Merrimack and Belknap counties in New Hampshire's Lakes Region...
, a daily newspaper in New Hampshire, USA - Monitor (comics)Monitor (comics)The Monitor is a fictional character created by writer Marv Wolfman and artist George Pérez as one of the main characters of DC Comics' Crisis on Infinite Earths limited series....
, a DC comics character - Monitor (TV magazine), a german weekly tv news magazine
Audio and music production
- Studio monitorStudio monitorStudio monitors, also called reference monitors, are loudspeakers specifically designed for audio production applications such as recording studios, filmmaking, television studios and radio studios where accurate audio reproduction is crucial....
s, loudspeakers designed specifically for audio production and engineering - Stage monitors or foldback (sound engineering)Foldback (sound engineering)Foldback is the use of rear-facing heavy-duty loudspeakers known as monitor speaker cabinets on stage during live music performances. The sound is amplified with power amplifiers or a public address system and the speakers are aimed at the on-stage performers rather than the audience...
, loudspeakers for performers on stage - In-ear monitorIn-ear monitorIn-ear monitors are devices used by musicians, audio engineers and audiophiles to listen to music or to hear a custom crafted mix of vocals and stage instrumentation for live performance or recording studio mixing...
s, earpieces for performers on stage or in a studio
Other meanings
- Monitor GroupMonitor GroupMonitor Group is a global management consulting firm headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States and with 27 offices in 26 major cities around the world. It provides strategy consultation services to the senior management of organizations and governments...
, a management consulting firm - Monitor (warship)Monitor (warship)A monitor was a class of relatively small warship which was neither fast nor strongly armoured but carried disproportionately large guns. They were used by some navies from the 1860s until the end of World War II, and saw their final use by the United States Navy during the Vietnam War.The monitors...
, a heavily armed warship design preceding the battleship - USS MonitorUSS MonitorUSS Monitor was the first ironclad warship commissioned by the United States Navy during the American Civil War. She is most famous for her participation in the Battle of Hampton Roads on March 9, 1862, the first-ever battle fought between two ironclads...
, a monitor of the United States Navy - Water jet used in hydraulic miningHydraulic miningHydraulic mining, or hydraulicking, is a form of mining that uses high-pressure jets of water to dislodge rock material or move sediment. In the placer mining of gold or tin, the resulting water-sediment slurry is directed through sluice boxes to remove the gold.-Precursor - ground...
- Fire monitor, a water jet used for firefighting
- Monitor (NHS)Monitor (NHS)Monitor, also known as the Independent Regulator for NHS Foundation Trusts, is a non-departmental public body in the United Kingdom. Its purpose is to regulate NHS Foundation Trusts or Foundation Hospitals - hospitals that have opted out of direct governmental control. The body was established in...
, a United Kingdom government agency also known as the Independent Regulator for NHS Foundation Trusts - Monitor lizardMonitor lizardMonitor lizards are usually large reptiles, although some can be as small as in length. They have long necks, powerful tails and claws, and well-developed limbs. Most species are terrestrial, but arboreal and semiaquatic monitors are also known...
, any lizard of the family Varanidae - Hall monitorHall monitorA hall monitor is a student volunteer in American schools who is charged with maintaining order in the school's corridors. They may be either students who are chosen for the position because they are responsible, or that may be chosen on a rota from all available students...
, a student who supervises the corridors of a school
See also
- The Monitor (disambiguation)
- The Monitors (disambiguation)
- Monitoring (disambiguation)