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multitask

English

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Etymology

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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.

Adjective

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multitask

  1. Handling or involving multiple tasks at once.

Verb

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multitask (third-person singular simple present multitasks, present participle multitasking, simple past and past participle multitasked)

  1. (computing) 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.
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