Monitoring

To monitor or monitoring generally means to be aware of the state of a system. Below are some examples:
 to observe a situation for any changes which may occur over time, using a monitor or a measuring device of some kind:
Baby monitor, medical monitor, Heart rate monitor
Biomonitoring
Cure monitoring for composite materials manufacturing
Deformation monitoring
Election monitoring
Mining monitoring
Natural hazard monitoring
Network monitoring
Structural monitoring
System monitoring
Website monitoring
Futures monitoring, Media monitoring
 to observe the behaviour or communications of individuals or groups (see: surveillance)
 Clinical monitoring, for use of new medical drugs