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watchdog::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | guard dog |
| Type of | working dog |
| Has types | pinscher, housedog, kuvasz, attack dog, schipperke |
Examples of watchdog
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The country's anti-fraud watchdog said Tuesday it had received 1,496 complaints.
From the time.com
In this case, it was the newspaper in its traditional role as a public watchdog.
From the heraldtribune.com
Universities and colleges have had to have these plans approved by the watchdog.
From the guardian.co.uk
The online watchdog has the power to add the site to a blacklist for PC filters.
From the canberratimes.com.au
This issue is part of a deal being negotiated by a U.N. nuclear watchdog agency.
From the cnn.com
They are watchdog nuns who have urged U.S. companies to be socially responsible.
From the freep.com
Will newspapers ever be the center of community and watchdog of community again?
From the denverpost.com
He served on a watchdog committee for Alameda County's transportation sales tax.
From the sfgate.com
The watchdog writer is sentenced to three months in prison and assessed damages.
From the post-gazette.com
- A guardian or defender against theft or illegal practices or waste; "she is the global watchdog for human rights abuses"
- A dog trained to guard property
- A watchdog timer (or computer operating properly (COP) timer) is a computer hardware or software timer that triggers a system reset or other corrective action if the main program, due to some fault condition, such as a hang, neglects to regularly service the watchdog (writing a "service pulse" ...
- Watchdog is a BBC television series that investigates viewers' reports of problematic experiences with traders, retailers, and other companies around the UK. ...
- The Watchdogs were a fictional right-wing terrorist group in the Marvel Universe. They were almost exclusively enemies of Captain America, and first appeared in Captain America vol. 1, #335.
- A guard dog; a person or organization that monitors and publicizes the behavior of others (individuals, corporations, governments) to discover undesirable activity; To perform a function analogous to a watchdog; To guard and warn
- (Watchdogs) Customers who engage the services of others often do not see the internal capabilities or constraints under which their suppliers operate. Watchdogs ensure that the long-term interests of the user community are being served.
- A fail-safe mechanism that can be used to set I/O points to a "safe" state if communications with the controller is lost.
- A circuit in the System that prevents microprocessor latch up. The watchdog circuit minimizes the likelihood that voltage transients will "crash" the system.
