sentinel
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6.8
- noun
- /ˈsɛntɪnəl/
- Specialized
- The Sentinel C-20 Plus is a pressure-decay leak detection instrument.
- sentinel surveillance
- sentinel laboratories
- sentinel-site
Examples
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But your sentinel program, it ain't gonna fly.
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The Sentinel's picking up something large on the monitor, sir.
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Everything you received from Sentinel is monitoring you.
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The practical application of the sentinel node concept is evaluated in this book.
Blog text (2) -
We thank all involved medical students for making data collection possible and all participating hospitals and sentinel laboratories for their cooperation.
Academic text (2012) -
And you, with the dead bird on your doorstep, have unwittingly become a sentinel in the surveillance system to prevent the spread of zoonoses.
Academic text (2008) -
National sentinel hospital-based surveillance for influenza-like illness (ILI) was launched in China in 2005.
Academic text (2012) -
Sentinels were dispatched to monitor the railway carriages and the ports of departure for America and the continent.
Fiction book (1990) -
The software sentinel continuously monitors the server for any signs of failure.
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As a security measure, the sentinel application alerts users when unusual activity is detected.
Synonyms
6
7.1
A device like a drone or camera that watches for intruders and sends alerts
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4.6
A computer tool that watches a system, reports problems, and can restart services
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4.6
A person or machine that warns people about danger and problems
1
7.7
A program that regularly checks a server for updates
Surface Forms
Etymology
Sentinel in computing borrows the old guard idea: it 'watches' systems and 'notices' problems, just like a human sentinel would spot danger, so a computing sentinel alerts or acts when something goes wrong.