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],
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"warn",
"warn"
]
]
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"To be continuously reset by a watchdog timer."
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"electronics",
"electronics"
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"(electronics) To be continuously reset by a watchdog timer."
],
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"electricity",
"electromagnetism",
"electronics",
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pazja",
"sense": "to guard and warn",
"word": "пазя"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to guard and warn",
"word": "vartioida"
},
{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to guard and warn",
"word": "olla vartiossa"
}
],
"word": "watchdog"
}
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