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inspector

noun/ɪnˈspɛk.tɚ/

What It Means

A person employed to inspect something.

A police officer ranking below superintendent.

A software tool used to examine something.

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Inspector in Context

“After that, with the help of the disk inspector, you can at any time compare the status of programs and system disk areas with the original one.”

— 2020, Anatoly Belous, Vitali Saladukha, Viruses, Hardware and Software Trojans, page 112

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Borrowed from Latin īnspector, from īnspiciō, equivalent to inspect + -or.

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