The term monitoring could be defined as the action and effect of monitoring. But another possible meaning would be used to describe a process by which information is gathered, observed, studied and used in order to be able to follow up on a particular program or event.This word monitoring is not found in the dictionary of the real academy and it comes from the word "monitor" that collects images and videos directly from the camcorder or cameras which allows the correct visualization of a series of events through a screen; In other words, the monitor helps and allows to inspect, control and record a circumstance or situation; and that is where monitoring is born to be able to carry out the fact, or that is usually directed to the processes in what refers to how, when and where the activities take place, who performs them and how many individuals or entities could benefit. And the verb of this is "monitor" which is the action as such to supervise and control through a monitor.
The word is used in the security area, since monitoring in this area is carried out in order to collect certain information on certain events, and is effectively done through a monitor which transmits the images collected by a camera or video recorder or it could also be done by some watchers. This process ensures that an individual does not enter a site or area without identifying himself or that criminal or other actions are not committed.
We can also come across environmental monitoring, this process is used to collect information on pollution. And finally in the field of medicine there is fetal monitoring, this is a study carried out by pregnant women in the last month of pregnancy, in order to control the state and well-being of the baby inside the belly.
