تعريف watchdog timer في الإنجليزية الإنجليزية القاموس.
A watchdog timer provides a means of graceful recovery from a system problem If the program fails to reset the watchdog at some predetermined interval, a hardware reset will be initiated
Mechanism provided with the C5 operating system to detect hardware and operating system failures Note that this feature relies on the hardware watchdog device available on modern boards See also patting