hardware monitor
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hardware monitor
[′härd‚wer ‚män·əd·ər] (computer science)
A system used to evaluate the performance of computer hardware; it collects information such as central processing unit usage from voltage level sensors that are attached to the circuitry and measure the length of time or the number of times various signals occur, and displays this information or stores it on a medium that is then fed into a special data-reduction program.
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hardware monitor
A device attached to the hardware circuits of a computer that reads electronic signals directly in order to analyze system performance.Copyright © 1981-2025 by The Computer Language Company Inc. All Rights reserved. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other reproduction is strictly prohibited without permission from the publisher.
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