Jobname

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The identifier assigned to a job by an operating system.

    "This command is used to stop (and subsequently to restart) a running task identified by its jobname."

Example

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"This command is used to stop (and subsequently to restart) a running task identified by its jobname."

Etymology

From job + name.

Related phrases

operating system

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