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Monitoring may refer to:
In science and technology
In biology and medicine
- Monitoring (medicine), the observation of a disease, condition or one or several medical parameters over time
- Biomonitoring, of toxic chemical compounds, elements, or their metabolites, in biological substances
- Monitoring in clinical trials, oversight and administrative efforts that monitor a participant's health during a clinical trial
- Baby monitoring
- Heart rate monitoring
- Intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring
- Fetal monitoring in childbirth
In computing
- Application performance monitoring, monitoring and management of performance and availability of software applications
- Business transaction monitoring, managing information technology from a business transaction perspective
- Network monitoring, systems that constantly monitors a computer network for slow or failing components and that notifies the network administrator
- System monitoring, a process within a distributed system for collecting and storing state data
- Website monitoring, the process of testing and verifying that end-users can interact with a website or web application as expected
In environmental science
- Environmental monitoring, processes and activities that characterise and monitor the quality of the environment
- Participatory monitoring, monitoring of natural resources and biodiversity by local people
Other uses in science and technology
- Cure monitoring, for composite materials manufacturing
- Deformation monitoring, measurement and tracking of the alteration in the shape or dimensions of an object as a result of stresses
- Energy monitoring and targeting, an energy efficiency technique
Other uses
- Election monitoring, the observation of an election by one or more independent parties
- Media monitoring service, providing clients with copies of media content, which is of specific interest
- Futures monitoring, evaluation of events, as they occur or just after
- Surveillance, observation of the behaviour or communications of individuals or groups
- Self-monitoring, awareness of what one knows