watchdog timer

electronic timer used to detect and recover from computer malfunctions
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watchdog timer

Summary

watchdog timer ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (242 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • watchdog timer's image is recorded as Wdctl screenshot.png[2].
  • watchdog timer's subclass of is recorded as timer[3].
  • watchdog timer's subclass of is recorded as dead-man's vigilance device[4].
  • watchdog timer's part of is recorded as computer[5].
  • watchdog timer's has use is recorded as detection[6].
  • watchdog timer's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03jb73[7].
  • watchdog timer's partially coincident with is recorded as heartbeat[8].
  • watchdog timer's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/watchdog[9].
  • watchdog timer's different from is recorded as guard dog[10].
  • watchdog timer's different from is recorded as keepalive[11].
  • watchdog timer's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 147773607[12].

Why It Matters

watchdog timer ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (242 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
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  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). watchdog timer. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/watchdog-timer
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_watchdog-timer_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{watchdog timer}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/watchdog-timer}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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