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cronjob

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
cron-job
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An automated task that runs at specific intervals.

Etymology

From cron + job. From cron, name of the system program that handles these tasks; from Ancient Greek χρόνος (khrónos, “time”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: χρόνος

Inflected Forms

cronjobs (plural)

Questions

What does cronjob mean?
An automated task that runs at specific intervals.
Where does cronjob come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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