Monitoring

To monitor or monitoring generally means to be aware of the state of a system. Below are specific examples:

  • to observe a situation for any changes which may occur over time, using a monitor or measuring device of some sort:
    • Application Performance Monitoring
    • Monitoring (medicine)
    • Baby monitor, medical monitor, Heart rate monitor
    • Biomonitoring
    • Business Transaction Monitoring
    • Cure monitoring for composite materials manufacturing
    • Deformation monitoring
    • Election monitoring
    • Environmental monitoring
    • Mining monitoring
    • Natural hazard monitoring
    • Network monitoring
    • System Monitoring
    • Website monitoring
    • Futures monitoring, Media monitoring service
  • to observe the behaviour or communications of individuals or groups (see surveillance)
  • Monitoring competence at a task.
  • Clinical monitoring for new medical drugs