Quick summary
- Term
- Monitoring
- Plain-English definition
- Monitoring is the practice of checking whether domains, DNS, websites, APIs, or email services are working correctly.
- Technical definition
- Monitoring is the practice of checking whether domains, DNS, websites, APIs, or email services are working correctly.
- Commonly confused with
- email services are working correctly.
- Related terms
- Uptime, Status Page, Alert
Definition
Monitoring is the practice of checking whether domains, DNS, websites, APIs, or email services are working correctly.
Why it matters
Monitoring helps teams notice outages, expiration risks, certificate problems, or DNS mistakes quickly.