Meta Object Facility

Media Objects Markup Language

1. Software or hardware that is used to scrutinize and to display, record, supervise, control, or verify the operations of a system.
Note: Possible uses of monitors are to indicate significant departures from the norm, or to determine levels of utilization of particular functional units.
2. A device used for the real-time temporary display of computer output data.
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Relative to video, the luminance displayed on a monitor by a signal at reference black level. [After SMPTE]

A jack used to access communications circuits to observe signal conditions without interrupting the services.

A key used to access communications circuits to observe signal conditions without interrupting the services.

An interval during which an entity performs the monitoring function at the direction of a service control function. [T1.667-1999]

1. The act of listening, carrying out surveillance on, and/or recording the emissions of one's own or allied forces for the purposes of maintaining and improving procedural standards and security, or for reference, as applicable. [JP 1-02]
2. The act of listening, carrying out surveillance on, and/or recording of enemy emissions for intelligence purposes. [JP 1-02]
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In optics, pertaining to a single wavelength of electromagnetic radiation or to a single color.
Note: In practice, optical radiation is never perfectly monochromatic, i.e., it never consists of only one wavelength. It always has a finite spectral width, albeit narrow.

In optics, an instrument for isolating narrow portions of the spectrum.