Watchdog

Dog
guard dog, a dog who barks to alert their owners of an intruder's presence
In computing
Watchdog timer, a device in computer systems
Event Log Watchdog, a freeware software program
Watchdog Event Log, created by Windows operating systems using the .WDL extension
Non-Maskable Interrupt Watchdog, mechanism used to detect systems lockups
Consumer protection
An informal name given to consumer protection organizations or campaigners. See: List of consumer organizations
Watchdog (TV series)
Watchdog journalism, any media (including blogs) providing consumer watchdog activities
Transit watchdog
Other
Nuclear watchdog, synonymous with the International Atomic Energy Agency
Government agencies that police other agencies, such as the Government Accountability Office investigations of the Department of Defense
Citizens' groups that monitor and report on government, corporate, and other abuses, such as Human Rights Watch
in totalitarian regimes, the last in the chain of their "secret" service, watching over people and their "undesired" activities, reporting to their superiors and being watched by them, e.g. Soviet KGB, German Gestapo or later Stasi, Czechoslovak STB, ...
In media
Watchdog (comics) is the super-powered Welsh Corgi belonging to Robert Reynolds, the Sentry in the Marvel Comics 616 universe.

Translation of "Watchdog"

Arabic: كلب حراسة (توضيح), French: Chien de garde (homonymie).