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monitoring program

monitoring program

3 4.1
A program that watches and checks how a computer system works
  • noun
  • /ˈmɒnɪtərɪŋ ˈprɒɡræm/
  • Specialized
translation icon : programa de monitoreo
  • The new monitoring program helps track the performance of our data-processing systems.
  • aerial monitoring program
  • routine monitoring programs
  • environmental monitoring program

Examples

  • This monitoring program verifies that all systems are operating efficiently and securely.

  • Our team developed a monitoring program to ensure compliance with industry regulations.

  • The institute would be responsible for core research and monitoring programs to measure the health of ecological systems.

    Academic text (1991)
  • Major sources are also subject to the enhanced monitoring program as proposed on October 22, 1993.

    Academic text (2001)
  • Recent data are available in several countries that established resistance monitoring programs during the mid-1990s.

    Academic text (2012)
  • By 1985, 14 countries had implemented national monitoring programs in cooperation with the United Nations Environment Programme.

    Academic text (2000)
  • In addition, monitoring programs of varying degrees of scientific sophistication have been established.

    Academic text (2001)
  • Andreas has vast experience in air safety investigations, flight data monitoring programs, and Safety Management Systems.

    Blog text (28)
  • The program coordinates national monitoring programs with participants in more than 140 laboratories around the region.

    Academic text (2000)
  • CCP data are drawn from refuge monitoring programs, from the academic literature, and from consulting services.

    Academic text (2013)

Synonyms

watch
vsmonitoring program
  • Specialized
62 7.0

A computer program that repeats a command to show updated output

is a broader system observer and controller not only a periodic command runner
monitor program
vsmonitoring program
  • Specialized
1 4.6

A computer tool that watches a system, reports problems, and can restart services

is the same in meaning but differs in name or wording

How Controlling

control system
  • Specialized
39 3.9
monitoring program
  • Specialized
3 4.1

Surface Forms

Morphology

monitoring + program

The meaning is directly and transparently derived from combining 'monitoring' (the act of observing/recording) with 'program' (computer instructions); together they straightforwardly describe a program that observes or records system operations. This noun–noun composition follows common, cross-linguistic patterns and would be easily understood by a B1 learner who knows both constituents.

Etymology

The term monitoring program comes from the image of a person who watches machines or services to find problems. Here monitor means 'watch' and program means a computer tool, so it refers to a tool that watches a system and warns you when something goes wrong.