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.]

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

18 November 2024

AWRY

(adjective) not functioning properly; “something is amiss”; “has gone completely haywire”; “something is wrong with the engine”


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Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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