"single-tasking" meaning in All languages combined

See single-tasking on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Head templates: {{en-adj|-|head=single-tasking}} single-tasking (not comparable)
  1. (computing) Of an operating system, etc., only capable of execution of one task (program or app) at a time, not many tasks simultaneously. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Computing Translations (Translations): monotasta (Catalan), yksiajo- (Finnish), monotarefa (Galician), monotarefa (Portuguese), monotarea (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-single-tasking-en-adj-yt0CJjn~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Download JSON data for single-tasking meaning in All languages combined (1.7kB)

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "multitasking"
    },
    {
      "word": "multi-tasking"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-",
        "head": "single-tasking"
      },
      "expansion": "single-tasking (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Computing",
          "orig": "en:Computing",
          "parents": [
            "Technology",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Of an operating system, etc., only capable of execution of one task (program or app) at a time, not many tasks simultaneously."
      ],
      "id": "en-single-tasking-en-adj-yt0CJjn~",
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "operating system",
          "operating system"
        ],
        [
          "task",
          "task"
        ],
        [
          "program",
          "program"
        ],
        [
          "app",
          "app"
        ],
        [
          "simultaneous",
          "simultaneous"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(computing) Of an operating system, etc., only capable of execution of one task (program or app) at a time, not many tasks simultaneously."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "monotasta"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "yksiajo-"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "monotarefa"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "monotarefa"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "monotarea"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "single-tasking"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "multitasking"
    },
    {
      "word": "multi-tasking"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-",
        "head": "single-tasking"
      },
      "expansion": "single-tasking (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English adjectives",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English uncomparable adjectives",
        "Translation table header lacks gloss",
        "en:Computing"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Of an operating system, etc., only capable of execution of one task (program or app) at a time, not many tasks simultaneously."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "operating system",
          "operating system"
        ],
        [
          "task",
          "task"
        ],
        [
          "program",
          "program"
        ],
        [
          "app",
          "app"
        ],
        [
          "simultaneous",
          "simultaneous"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(computing) Of an operating system, etc., only capable of execution of one task (program or app) at a time, not many tasks simultaneously."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "monotasta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "yksiajo-"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "monotarefa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "monotarefa"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "monotarea"
    }
  ],
  "word": "single-tasking"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-20 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (1d5a7d1 and 304864d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.