multitask
verbEtymology 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.
1
Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences To schedule and execute multiple tasks (program) simultaneously; control being passed from one to the other using interrupts.
2
Figuratively, Of a person To handle multiple tasks at once.
- Derived terms
- multislack, multitaskable
- Related terms
- multitasker, multitasking, monotask, multishirk