crontab

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A table of commands to be executed periodically.

Word forms

crontab crontabs

Etymology

Shortening of cron table, where cron is the name of the system program that handles these tasks, from Ancient Greek χρόνος (khrónos, “time”).

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