multitask

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Etymology

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

multitask

  1. Handling or involving multiple tasks at once.

Verb

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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