cron

noun

cron

noun

Etymology From chrono-, from Ancient Greek χρόνος (khrónos, “time”). Originating as the name of a specific program, but since generalized to analogous ones.

Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences A scheduler or timer that automatically starts a job, program, task.

Derived terms: cronjob, cron job, crontab, cron task

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