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Monitor can have one of many meanings:


COMPUTER AND DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY

  • A Computer Display device.

  • A Computer Programming Utility for examining and modifying memory-resident machine code programs.

  • A Programming Interface for synchronising concurrent access to a set of variables in a computer program.

  • A hardware device that measures electrical events such as pulses or voltage levels in a digital computer.

  • A Medical Monitor .

  • A Speaker used on stage to enable musicians to hear each other. Also called Foldback .

  • A Studio Monitor

  • A Video Monitor , a television-like device used in studio, lab or test environments.

  • A Supervisory Control system for installations such as SCADA to monitor important system parameters. Special installations require adapted monitoring installations like transformer monitors or substation monitors.



ROLES OR POSITIONS

  • A Hall Monitor , one who patrols the hall of a school.

  • A Prefect , schoolboy or schoolgirl given special authority in some British schools, especially Public Schools .



WARSHIPS

  • USS ''Monitor'' , the ironclad warship of the American civil war.

  • A Monitor (warship) , a type of ship based on the USS ''Monitor'' and built by several navies for riverine and coastal defense in the 1860s and 1870s . It reappeared in a different form during the First World War and lasted until the end of the Second World War.

  • A River Monitor , the strongest type of river warships.



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''See The Monitor , The Monitors and Monitoring for other possible meanings.''