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alert [a]
 
1)very attentive or observant; "an alert and responsive baby is a joy"; "caught by a couple of alert cops"; "alert enough to spot the opportunity when it came"; "constantly alert and vigilant, like a sentinel on duty"
    Synonyms :
    See Also: argus-eyed  fly  awake  heads-up  lidless  on_the_alert  perched  lively  wary  unalert 
 
2)mentally responsive; "an alert mind"
    Synonyms :
    See Also: intelligent 
 
3)not unconscious; especially having become conscious; "the patient is now awake and alert"
    Synonyms :awake 
    See Also: conscious 
 
4)(usually followed by `to') showing acute awareness; mentally perceptive; "alert to the problems"; "alive to what is going on"; "awake to the dangers of her situation"; "was now awake to the reality of his predicament"
    Synonyms :alive awake 
    See Also: aware 
 
alert [n]
 
1)condition of heightened watchfulness or preparation for action; "bombers were put on alert during the crisis"
    Synonyms :qui_vive 
    See Also: preparation  alarm  air_alert  red_alert  strip_alert 
 
2)a warning serves to make you more alert to danger
    Synonyms :alerting 
    See Also: warning  alarm  eas 
 
3)an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger
    Synonyms :alarm alarum warning_signal 
    See Also: sign  alarm  torpedo  air_alert  burglar_alarm  fire_alarm  foghorn  horn  red_flag  siren  alarm_bell 
 
alert [v]
 
1)warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness; "The empty house alarmed him"; "We alerted the new neighbors to the high rate of burglaries"
    Synonyms :alarm 
    See Also: warn  alarm  alarm  wake 
 

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing: (http://www.foldoc.org/, Editor Denis Howe)

/*'l*rt/ An audible and/or visual message intended to inform a system's users or administrators about a change in the operating conditions of that system or about some kind of error condition. In a graphical user interface, an alert would typically be displayed as a small window containing the message and a button to click to dismiss the window.

(1999-03-29)








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