awaiter

noun — 2 senses

awaiter

noun

Etymology From Middle English awaytur; equivalent to await + -er.

1

One who awaits.

these awaiters of articulate acknowledgment1916, Edith Wharton, “The Long Wards”, in The Book of the Homeless:

2

Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Programming, Sciences An object that waits for the completion of an asynchronous task.

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