multitasking

See also: multi-tasking

English

Alternative forms

multi-tasking

Verb

multitasking

present participle of multitask

Noun

multitasking (uncountable)

(computing) The simultaneous execution of multiple tasks (programs) under the control of an interrupt-driven operating system.
(buzzword, figuratively) The practice or capability of handling more than one task at the same time.

Antonyms

Translations

simultaneous execution of multiple tasks (computing)

Chinese:
Mandarin: 多任務 (zh), 多任务 (zh) (duōrènwù), 多工作業 (zh), 多工作业 (zh) (duōgōngzuòyè)
Finnish: moniajo (fi)
French: multitâche (fr) m
Galician: multitarefa m or m pl or f or f pl
German: Multitasking (de) n

Hungarian: többfeladatosság
Japanese: マルチタスク (maruchitasuku)
Portuguese: multitarefa m or m pl or f or f pl
Russian: многозада́чность (ru) f (mnogozadáčnostʹ)
Spanish: multitarea m or m pl or f or f pl

practice or capability of handling more than one task at the same time (figuratively)

Chinese:
Mandarin: 多任務 (zh), 多任务 (zh) (duōrènwù), 多工作業 (zh), 多工作业 (zh) (duōgōngzuòyè)

Finnish: monisuorittaminen, multitasking
Russian: многозада́чность (ru) f (mnogozadáčnostʹ), многопро́фильность f (mnogoprófilʹnostʹ)

See also

multitasking on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Computer multitasking on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Human multitasking on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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