scheduler

noun
/ˈʃɛdjələ/UK

Etymology

From schedule + -er.

  1. derived from *skʰíďďō
  2. derived from σχέδη
  3. derived from scheda
  4. derived from schedula
  5. derived from cedule
  6. derived from cedule
  7. inherited from cedule
  8. suffixed as scheduler — “schedule + er

Definitions

  1. A person or device that determines a schedule, that determines the order that tasks are…

    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…

    An operating system component responsible for allocating several resources, most commonly the use of processors by different concurrent processes or threads.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

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