SCHEDULER

scheduler

(noun) computer hardware that arranges jobs to be done by the computer in an appropriate order

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

scheduler (plural schedulers)

A person or device that determines a schedule, that determines the order that tasks are to be done.

(computer science) An operating system component responsible for allocating several resources, most commonly the use of processors by different concurrent processes or threads. [from 20th c.]

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