Monitoring

= __**Network monitoring**__ =

The term **network monitoring** describes the use of a system that constantly monitors a computer network for slow or failing components and that notifies the network administrator (via email, pager or other alarms) in case of outages. It is a subset of the functions involved in network management. While an intrusion detection system monitors a network for threats from the outside, a network monitoring system monitors the network for problems caused by overloaded and/or crashed servers, network connections or other devices.

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 * __ [|BBC News - 'Smart home' monitors hygiene habits] __