Sentinel

Noun

Définitions

1.NounA sentry, watch, or guard.

2.NounA private soldier.

3.NounA unique value recognised by a computer program for processing in a special way, or marking the end of a set of data.

"The <xmp> tag is a sentinel that suspends web-page processing and displays the subsequent text literally"

4.NounA sentinel crab.

5.NounA sign of a health risk (e.g. a disease, an adverse effect).

"sentinel animals can be used to explore endemic diseases."

6.VerbTo watch over as a guard.

"He sentineled the north wall."

7.VerbTo post a guard for.

"He sentineled the north wall with just one man."

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