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Multitask

adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Handling or involving multiple tasks at once.
Verb
  1. 1
    To schedule and execute multiple tasks (program) simultaneously; control being passed from one to the other using interrupts.
  2. 2
    To handle multiple tasks at once. figuratively

Etymology

Etymology 1

From multi- + task. The adjectival sense in computing first appears c. 1965 in the publications of B.I. Witt. The verbal sense first appears c. 1986 in the Daily Telegraph.

Etymology 2

From multi- + task. The adjectival sense in computing first appears c. 1965 in the publications of B.I. Witt. The verbal sense first appears c. 1986 in the Daily Telegraph.

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