Watchdog
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A watchdog is a dog who provides protection by watching for or guarding against danger. As a metaphor, the term is used in additional contexts with the same implication of monitoring or safeguarding:
- Computing
- Watchdog timer in computer systems
- Event Log Watchdog, a freeware software program
- Watchdog Event Log, created by Windows operating systems using the .WDL extension
- Consumer protection
- An informal name given to consumer protection organisations or campaigners
- Watchdog (TV series)
- Watchdog journalism, any media (including blogs) providing consumer watchdog activities
- Transit watchdog
- Other
- Nuclear watchdog, synonymous with the International Atomic Energy Agency
- Watchdog over government bureaucracies, such as the Government Accountability Office investigations of the Department of Defense