"scheduler" meaning in All languages combined

See scheduler on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈʃɛdjələ/ [UK], /ˈskɛdjələ/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-scheduler.wav [US] Forms: schedulers [plural]
Etymology: From schedule + -er. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|schedule|-er<id:agent noun>|text=+|tree=1}} From schedule + -er. Head templates: {{en-noun}} scheduler (plural schedulers)
  1. A person or device that determines a schedule, that determines the order that tasks are to be done.
    Sense id: en-scheduler-en-noun-IRTYIxrX Categories (other): English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 48 52 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 48 52
  2. (computer science) An operating system component responsible for allocating several resources, most commonly the use of processors by different concurrent processes or threads.
    Sense id: en-scheduler-en-noun-vqb20qXs Categories (other): Computer science, English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun), Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 38 62 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 48 52 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 48 52 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 43 57 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 59 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 33 67 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 32 68 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 75 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 38 62 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 35 65 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 28 72 Topics: computer, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, science, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: job scheduler

Inflected forms

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