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multitasker

noun

Etymology

From multitask + -er or multi- + tasker.

  1. derived from taxō — “to censure; to charge”
  2. derived from tasca
  3. derived from tasque
  4. inherited from taske — “task, tax”
  5. prefixed as multitask — “multi + task”
  6. formed as multitasker — “multitask + -er”

Definitions

  1. Someone who multitasks, who performs multiple tasks at the same time.

  2. A computer system that multitasks.

    • This week we take a close look at four top contenders in the multitasking arena […] Other bolt-on multitaskers for PCs not included in this comparison include VM/386, Omniview, and Double DOS.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for multitasker. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA