bug vs monitor

bug

noun
  • A concealed electronic eavesdropping or intercept device. 

  • A problem that needs fixing. 

  • A manually positioned marker in flight instruments. 

  • HIV. 

  • A metal clip attached to the underside of a table, etc. to hold hidden cards, as a form of cheating. 

  • A limited form of wild card in some variants of poker. 

  • An asterisk denoting an apprentice jockey's weight allowance. 

  • Any insect, arachnid, myriapod or entognath. 

  • A young apprentice jockey. 

  • A keen enthusiast or hobbyist. 

  • A trilobite. 

  • A semi-automated telegraph key. 

  • An enthusiasm for something; an obsession. 

  • Any insect, arachnid, or other terrestrial arthropod that is a pest. 

  • Synonym of union bug. 

  • Any of various species of marine or freshwater crustaceans; e.g. a Moreton Bay bug, mudbug. 

  • A contagious illness, or a pathogen causing it. 

  • A small and usually invisible file (traditionally a single-pixel image) on a World Wide Web page, primarily used to track users. 

  • A small, usually transparent or translucent image placed in a corner of a television program to identify the broadcasting network or cable channel. 

  • A small piece of metal used in a slot machine to block certain winning combinations. 

  • An insect of the order Hemiptera (the “true bugs”). 

verb
  • To act suspiciously or irrationally, especially in a way that annoys others. 

  • To install an electronic listening device or devices in. 

  • To annoy. 

monitor

noun
  • A device that detects and informs on the presence, quantity, etc., of something. 

  • Someone who watches over something; a person in charge of something or someone. 

  • A monitor lizard. 

  • One of a class of relatively small armored warships with only one or two turrets (but often carrying unusually large guns for a warship of its size), usually designed for shore bombardment or riverine warfare rather than open-ocean combat. 

  • A device similar to a television set used as to give a graphical display of the output from a computer. 

  • A program for viewing and editing. 

  • A tool holder, as for a lathe, shaped like a low turret, and capable of being revolved on a vertical pivot so as to bring the several tools successively into position. 

  • A studio monitor or loudspeaker. 

  • A monitor nozzle. 

verb
  • To watch over; to guard. 

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