"crontab" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: crontabs [plural]
Etymology: Shortening of cron table, where cron is the name of the system program that handles these tasks, from Ancient Greek χρόνος (khrónos, “time”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|grc|χρόνος||time}} Ancient Greek χρόνος (khrónos, “time”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} crontab (plural crontabs)
  1. (computing, Unix) A table of commands to be executed periodically. Wikipedia link: crontab Tags: Unix Categories (topical): Computing

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