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Vinony

scheduler

noun

  1. in computing, what carries out the scheduling activity
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Pronunciation: /ˈʃɛdjələ/ / /ˈskɛdjələ/

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English schedule Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English scheduler From schedule + -er.

  1. A person or device that determines a schedule, that determines the order that tasks are to be done.
  2. An operating system component responsible for allocating several resources, most commonly the use of processors by different concurrent processes or threads.