scheduler
A person or device that determines a schedule, that determines the order that tasks…A person or device that determines a schedule, that determines the order that tasks are to be done.
» I use Outlook's scheduler at work and I think I'd like to buy a PDA and synchronize them.
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2 sensesA person or device that determines a schedule, that determines the order that tasks are to be done.
computer hardware that arranges jobs to be done by the computer in an appropriate order
An operating system component responsible for allocating several resources, most commonly the use of processors by different concurrent processes or threads.
Examples
1 sentencesI use Outlook's scheduler at work and I think I'd like to buy a PDA and synchronize them.
Origin
From schedule + -er.From schedule + -er.
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Forms
plural: schedulers| Singular | scheduler |
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Word family
2 related wordsSee also
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