monitor
noun
2.
someone who gives a warning so that a mistake can be avoided
3.
display produced by a device that takes signals and displays them on a television screen or a computer monitor
4.
electronic equipment that is used to check the quality or content of electronic transmissions
5.
a piece of electronic equipment that keeps track of the operation of a system continuously and warns of trouble
Derived from:
monitor 6.
any of various large tropical carnivorous lizards of Africa and Asia and Australia; fabled to warn of crocodiles