microtasking
nounEtymology microtask + -ing
1
The organization of work into small tasks that can be distributed to many workers, especially via the internet (crowdsourced).
- You could go to your favourite microtasking site and post a task: ‘Tell me the latest trend in crowdsourcing’ and offer $1.41 (£1) for the answer.2013, David Alan Grier, Crowdsourcing For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 319:
- Related terms
- microwork