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monitor

nounverified·updated May 9, 2026

To watch and check the progress or quality of something over a period of time; keep under regular surveillance.

polysemousNIST Cybersecurity Framework

Senses

FFIEC Cybersecurity Assessment Tool, Baseline, May 2017

The purpose of this task is to regularly assess IT processes or systems over time for quality and compliance with control requirements.

Wordset Dictionary

any of various large tropical carnivorous lizards of Africa and Asia and Australia

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a piece of electronic equipment that keeps track of the operation of a system continuously and warns of trouble

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electronic equipment that is used to check the quality or content of electronic transmissions

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display produced by a device that takes signals and displays them on a television screen or a computer monitor

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someone who gives a warning so that a mistake can be avoided

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someone who supervises (an examination)

Classifications

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
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alternatephrasing
Monitor
plural
monitors
possessive
monitor's
pluralpossessive
monitors'