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A glowing rectangle that watches you back, judging your tab-hoarding and your posture.
means A monitor is a screen for displaying a computer's output, or more broadly a person or device that watches, checks, and warns about something.
from Straight from Latin 'monitor,' meaning 'one who warns or advises,' from 'monere,' to warn or remind — the same root behind 'admonish' and 'premonition.' For centuries a monitor was a human warner: a senior schoolchild keeping order, a naval warship, a watchful overseer. Only in the 20th century did the word slide onto the glowing screen that now keeps watch over us — the warner became a window, still quietly judging.
- Lizard namesake
- Monitor lizards inspired ironclad warships named USS Monitor
- Pixel army
- 4K screens push over 8 million tiny lights
- Refresh race
- Gaming monitors flicker 240+ times per second
- Latin root
- From monere, to warn or remind
dell ultrasharp u2413 — 24-inch professional monitor with 1920x1200 resolution, launched 2012
lg ultrawide 34gn850 — 34-inch curved gaming monitor with 3440x1440 resolution, released 2020
apple pro display xdr — professional 6k monitor with 6016x3384 resolution, priced at $4,999, launched 2019