# heartbeat

> periodic signal generated by hardware or software to indicate normal operation or to synchronize other parts of a computer system

**Wikidata**: [Q17021880](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17021880)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heartbeat_(computing))  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/heartbeat-q17021880


## References

1. [OpenAlex](https://docs.openalex.org/download-snapshot/snapshot-data-format)