What is Monitor?
{{wiktionary|monitor}} The word '''monitor''' is a [[Latin language|Latin]] word for ''warner'' or ''suggester''. The many uses of the word are listed below. == Display technology == *A [[computer monitor]] (display screen) *A [[medical monitor]], or any other hardware device that measures electrical events, such as a [[heart rate monitor]] *A [[loudspeaker|speaker]] used on stage (facing the musicians) or in a studio to enable musicians to hear what is being performed *A [[video monitor]], a television-like device used in studio, lab or test environments *A [[baby monitor]], which lets parents hear what happens in their babies room from other parts of the house == Roles or positions == *A [[hall monitor]], one who patrols the hall of a school == Warships == *[[USS Monitor|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 coastal defense in the 1860s and 1870s. It reappeared in a different form during the World War I and lasted until the end of World War II *A [[river monitor]], the strongest type of river warships == Other meanings == *[[Monitor lizard]]s, a family of large tropical lizards (Varanidae) == Related pages == * [[Monitoring]] {{disambig}} [[fi:Näyttö]]