multitasking

See also: multi-tasking

English

Alternative forms

• multi-tasking

Verb

multitasking

1. present participle of multitask

Noun

multitasking (uncountable)

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

Antonyms

• monotasking
• single-tasking
• unitasking

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