a person or organization that monitors and publicizes the behavior of others (individuals, corporations, governments) to discover undesirable activity
A watchdog is a person or committee whose job is to make sure that companies do not act illegally or irresponsibly. an anti-crime watchdog group funded by New York businesses
a guardian or defender against theft or illegal practices or waste; "she is the global watchdog for human rights abuses"
A dog kept to watch and guard premises or property, and to give notice of the approach of intruders
a dog trained to guard property a guardian or defender against theft or illegal practices or waste; "she is the global watchdog for human rights abuses
A person who guards or protects against waste, or illegal practices Every interior design coalition and association needs at least one watchdog to keep an eye on proposed legislation that may adversely effect interior designers
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