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1) A hardware or software
mechanism that is used to trigger an event or an escape from a process unless
the timer is periodically reset. See also watchdog. 2) In NetWare, a
timer that indicates the maximum period of time that a server will wait for a
client to respond to a watchdog packet. If the timer expires, the server sends
another watchdog packet, up to a set maximum. See also watchdog
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